Helle Thorning-Schmidt Quotes

Helle Thorning-Schmidt — Danish Politician born on December 14, 1966,

Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a 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. On 28 June 2015, it was announced that Thorning-Schmidt would become her party's member of the Presidium of the Folketing and she currently serves as the Presidium's 1st Vice-President. On 4 September 2015, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced that the Danish government has nominated Thorning-Schmidt as Denmark’s official candidate to the position as new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees... (wikipedia)

We can say farewell to 10 years of bourgeois rule... now we have the opportunity to change Denmark.

But what sets Europe apart is we insist on a social model that consists of solidarity, equal opportunity and a certain amount of redistribution.

People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.

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.

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.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt Quotes

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