Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a former Danish politician who was Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and the Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to hold either post. Following defeat in 2015, she announced that she would step down as both Danish Prime Minister and Social Democratic party leader. Ending her political career in April 2016, she is the chief executive of the NGO Save the Children...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 December 1966
CityRodovre, Denmark
CountryDenmark
This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.
We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.
For young girls, whom I meet a lot when I travel around the country, it will be a big thing. It will really show them that there's no post in Denmark that a girl can't aspire to.
Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.
I feel like giving myself a pat on the back. We can create history tonight. We can bid goodbye to 10 years of (Liberal-Conservative) government which has ground to a halt, and get a new government and a new majority in Denmark.
Peace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance
No, a euro referendum will not be part of a government programme if we get the chance to form one,
Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.
We can say farewell to 10 years of bourgeois rule... now we have the opportunity to change Denmark.
I'm taking care of the children, doing a bit of cooking and trying to do a bit of DIY around the house. But that's not going too well.
Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.
We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.
We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.
But what sets Europe apart is we insist on a social model that consists of solidarity, equal opportunity and a certain amount of redistribution.