Danish PM calls general election on June 18


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  • Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt celebrates with her husband Stephen Kinnock as he is elected the Member of Parliament for the Aberavon Constituency in the Neath Sports Centre, Neath, South Wales, May 8, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Danish prime minister on Wednesday called an election for June 18 in which her centre-left Social Democrats will face stiff competition from the centre-right Liberals who want more curbs on immigration and limits on state spending.

The polls suggest the Liberals and their allies will win, which could result in a coalition that includes the eurosceptic Danish People's Party, winner of EU parliamentary elections last year.

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