Danish Prime Minister Calls September Election in Recession

Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, whose government is trailing the opposition in most polls, called an election for Sept. 15 as a stimulus bill proposed this week looks set to lack lawmaker backing to pass.

Rasmussen, who has led the country since 2009 when his predecessor, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, became secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, will hold a vote two months before his term ends.