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
Helle Thorning-Schmidt quotes about
Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.
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.
We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.
Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.
So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.
People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.
I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.
But what sets Europe apart is we insist on a social model that consists of solidarity, equal opportunity and a certain amount of redistribution.
We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.
We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.
Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.
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.
We can say farewell to 10 years of bourgeois rule... now we have the opportunity to change Denmark.
Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.