The incoming centre-right government ran into controversy over its plans to cut tax rates for high earners after it emerged that the issue had caused the failure of coalition talks. So now Denmark has a one-party government. Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the leader of the Venstre party, said his party would govern alone after coalition talks with the anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DF) broke down. On Sunday the 28 June Lars Løkke Rasmussen officially assumed the role of prime minister following a meeting with Queen Margrethe II.He  also released the names of his cabinet team, made up solely of members of his own Venstre party. Rasmussen was selected to become prime minister following the 18 June election despite Venstre finishing in third place with 19.5% of the vote. The Venstre government will be extremely weak, with only 34 lawmakers in the 179-seat parliament.