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Danish PM cancels her wedding for the second time

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has postponed her wedding for the second time, to attend an EU summit.

The summit on proposals for a Covid-19 recovery fund will take place on 17 and 18 July. It is the first meeting that leaders will attend since countries enforced coronavirus lockdowns.

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen has apologized to her fiancé after an extraordinary EU summit, due on 17 and 18 July in Brussels, fell on their wedding day, forcing them to cancel plans for a second time, the first time being due to elections. “I am looking forward to marrying this fantastic man … but I have to do my work and take care of Denmark’s interests,” she said.

Writing on Facebook, Ms. Frederiksen said: “I am so looking forward to marrying this amazing man. But obviously, it shouldn’t be easy, and now the Council meeting in Brussels has been convened precisely on Saturday in July when we had planned a wedding.”

Denmark has opposed the fund over plans to offer grants to countries severely affected by the crisis.

Denmark, along with Sweden, Austria, and the Netherlands, say the proposed €750bn (£676bn; $840bn) fund is too large and insists any money given out must eventually be repaid.

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