Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has mentioned she is fulfilling her duties because the nation’s chief, however has not but totally recovered after final week’s road assault.
“I am probably not myself but,” Ms Frederiksen mentioned in an interview with Danish broadcaster DR.
The prime minister was struck by a person who walked as much as her in Copenhagen’s outdated city on Friday night.
“As a human being, it felt like an assault on me… however I’ve little question it was the prime minister who received hit,” the 46-year-old mentioned.
“It was an assault on us all,” she added, as she talked a couple of perceived change in tone in Danish politics in latest instances.
Ms Frederiksen is claimed to have skilled whiplash after the incident. The assault was not thought-about politically motivated.
A 39-year-old Polish man, who was arrested, appeared on the Court docket of Frederiksberg for a preliminary listening to on Saturday.
He was charged with violence in opposition to an individual in public service, and denies guilt, native media reported.
In her interview with DR on Tuesday, Ms Frederiksen mentioned there was no place for any type of violence in Danish society.
The incident, which came about two days earlier than Danes headed to the polls for European elections, was strongly condemned by world leaders, with EU chief Charles Michel saying he was “outraged”.
Ms Frederiksen, 46, turned prime minister in 2019 after taking up as chief of the centre-left Social Democrats 4 years earlier, making her the youngest prime minister in Danish historical past.
Throughout the identical interview with the Danish broadcaster, the prime minister was requested in regards to the outcomes of the European Parliament elections, the place her Social Democrats have been overwhelmed by Inexperienced-Left get together SF which polled greater than 17% of the vote.
Ms Frederiksen, who needed to halt campaigning over the weekend to get better after the assault, mentioned she was “actually sorry” in regards to the outcome, however emphasised that she was listening to the citizens.
