Denmark's PM resigns but hopes to form new centrist government

Denmark's Prime Minister and head of the the Social Democratic Party Mette Frederiksen speaks during the election night at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2, 2022. Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who narrowly won Tuesday's general election, said she had handed in her resignation to the Queen on Wednesday and will begin exploring a coalition across the political middle.

The talks are however expected to be lengthy as both friends and foes of Frederiksen have expressed scepticism of such a coalition, making the outcome uncertain.