Copenhagen. Denmark’s centrist three-party government announced on Wednesday that it would create three new ministries, including a government office responsible for disaster preparedness.
The government wants to appoint a Minister for European Union Affairs before Denmark’s rotating EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2025.
The restructuring means that Denmark, like Sweden, will have a minister responsible for emergencies and preparedness for climate change or cyberattacks.
The third new minister will be responsible for the implementation and coordination of Danish environmental policy.
“I hope this can inspire the rest of the world,” said Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of the new Environment Ministry. The Scandinavian country has set a goal of reducing emissions by 70% by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050.
Frederiksen did not name names or say whether there would be job cuts in the current government’s 23 ministries. She said the changes would be announced on Thursday when the new government is officially presented to King Frederik X.
Also on Wednesday, Frederiksen named 49-year-old Dan Jørgensen as Denmark’s candidate to be the new commissioner for the European Union’s powerful executive, which oversees EU laws and conducts trade negotiations on behalf of member countries.
Jørgensen, who is currently Denmark’s climate minister and a former Social Democratic member of the European Parliament, still has to undergo vetting by the 720-member European Assembly before he can take up the EU post.
Frederiksen, 46, is chairman of the Social Democratic Party and has been Denmark’s Prime Minister since 2019.
In 2022, she presented the current majority government, consisting of her own center-left Social Democrats, the center-right Liberal Party and the newly created centrist Moderate Party.
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