Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Collection: Leadership
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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
Collection: Travel
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We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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We can say farewell to 10 years of bourgeois rule... now we have the opportunity to change Denmark.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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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
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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
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I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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I really appreciate the British part of my family.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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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
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People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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When you mercilessly fire deadly bullets at innocent people taking part in a debate, when you attack the Jewish community, you attack our democracy, we will do everything possible to protect our Jewish community.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Collection: Fire
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Peace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Collection: Perseverance
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Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Collection: Today
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No, a euro referendum will not be part of a government programme if we get the chance to form one.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Collection: Government