Beautiful Helle Thorning-Schmidt Denmark's first woman PM
Denmarkhas elected Helle Thorning Schmidt as its first female prime minister, ousting the right-wing government from power after 10 years of pro-market reforms and ever-stricter controls on immigration.
Near-complete official results showed a left-leaning bloc led by Social Democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt would gain a narrow majority in the 179-seat Parliament.
"There is no parliamentary support for our government,"outgoing Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said, adding he would present his Cabinet's resignation today to Queen Margrethe, Denmark's figurehead monarch.
"So tonight I hand over the keys to the prime minister's office to Helle Thorning-Schmidt. And dear Helle, take good care of them. You're only borrowing them,"Loekke Rasmussen said.
The result means Denmark will get a new government that could roll back some of the austerity measures introduced by Loekke Rasmussen amid Europe's for more details....
Near-complete official results showed a left-leaning bloc led by Social Democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt would gain a narrow majority in the 179-seat Parliament.
"There is no parliamentary support for our government,"outgoing Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said, adding he would present his Cabinet's resignation today to Queen Margrethe, Denmark's figurehead monarch.
"So tonight I hand over the keys to the prime minister's office to Helle Thorning-Schmidt. And dear Helle, take good care of them. You're only borrowing them,"Loekke Rasmussen said.
The result means Denmark will get a new government that could roll back some of the austerity measures introduced by Loekke Rasmussen amid Europe's for more details....
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