19 June Audiences connected with change of govt

Denmark's general election on 18th of June has resulted in a change of government.

The press are reporting that Helle Thorning-Schmidt has lost the election and will withdraw as leader of her party, the Social Democrats.

All this will involve visits to the Queen, by the outgoing government, and the incoming government.

PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt audience with QM at Amalienborg, 11.00 am

19. juni

H.M. Dronningen modtager i dag statsminister Helle Thorning-Schmidt i Christian IX's Palæ, Amalienborg, kl. 11.00.

The Queen receives political party representatives in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg at 2:00 pm.

19. juni 2015

H.M. Dronningen modtager de politiske partiers repræsentanter i Christian IX's Palæ på Amalienborg fra kl. 14.00.

EB:

"Besides Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the Queen, Crown Prince Frederik is also present at Christian IX's Palace,

where the prime minister, according to tradition, will inform the queen about the outcome of the election"

kongehuset.dk has added this information about the formation of government:

http://kongehuset.dk/Menu/nyheder/regeringsdannelsen

The formation of Government is not described in detail in the Constitution, but is based on a longstanding practice.

The Prime Minister - usually in the morning the day after the general election - informs Her Majesty the Queen of the election preliminary results and how the prime minister assesses the parliamentary situation.

To the extent that the prime minister believes that having sufficient parliamentary basis to proceed, the Prime Minister can just inform the Queen that the government continues and later presents a new government.

When the Prime Minister assesses that the necessary parliamentary standing is no longer present, the Queen, on the Prime Minister's advice convenes the individual parties in parliament in order that they can account for who they want as the new prime minister or who otherwise should lead the negotiations in the formation of a new government.

Based on this advice, a new prime minister is appointed, or the person who conducts the negotiations on the formation of a new government. The Queen's role in government formation of a formal nature and the process of government formation is therefore calculated on the outgoing prime minister's responsibility.

Today at 11:00 am Her Majesty the Queen received Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who, after having explained the election results, submitted the government's resignation and recommended that the representatives of the political parties were given an opportunity to comment on the impending formation of government.

The political parties' representatives were then asked to appear in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg at 2:00 pm