Quotes by Helle Thorning-Schmidt

About Helle Thorning-Schmidt:

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.
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I really appreciate the British part of my family.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Author Bio

  • NameHelle Thorning-Schmidt
  • DescriptionDanish politician
  • BornDecember 14, 1966
  • CountryDenmark
  • ProfessionPolitician