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Politics of Denmark takes place in a framework of a Parliamentary Representative Democratic Constitutional Monarchy , whereby the Prime Minister is the Head Of Government , and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive Power is exercised by the government, with the prime minister acting as the First Among Equals ('' Primus Inter Pares ''). Legislative Power is vested in both the Government and the Danish Parliament , known as the '' Folketing ''. In the last decennia the party system is dominated by the market liberal Venstre party and the social democratic Social Democrats . The Danish Judiciary is functionally and administratively independent of the executive and the legislature. EXECUTIVE BRANCH Denmark is a Constitutional Monarchy with an Almost Unbroken Link Of Monarchs for more than 1,000 years (except for an interregnum of eight years from 1332 to 1340 ). The current monarch, Queen Margaret II , has largely ceremonial functions; perhaps her most significant formal power lies in her right to appoint the Prime Minister ''(Statsminister)'' and the Cabinet Of Denmark , who are responsible for administration of the government. However, she must consult with parliamentary leaders to determine the public's will, since the cabinet may be dismissed by a Vote Of No Confidence in the '' Folketing ,'' the Danish parliament. Cabinet members are occasionally recruited from outside the ''Folketing.'' The vote of no confidence is an essential part of danish parliamentary work, since the constitution states "no government can work with a majority against it", opposed to the more common international rule that says a government needs a majority for it. These rules may seem to have the same meaning, but in politics nothing is absolute, and as proof of this the Social Democrats once used this rule to form government although the liberal-conservative block was of greater number.
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