Thorning-Schmidt: Denmark's first female PM?

Denmark looks likely to elect a woman prime minister for the first time. But there's little indication that voters are being motivated by the issue of gender, and Helle Thorning-Schmidt is herself keen to avoid any talk of making history. Duration: 02:09.

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[peponazon0]

Berlusconi sent me here !

[Kemikaza84]

@FirstfromtheRiver She has said that she is not going to change much about the strcit immigration rules as they are now.

[vedstedsen]

Thorning-Schmidt: Denmark's last female PM?

[Baal1985]

@legggggggggy @legggggggggy the focus on punishment was also present with the former gvt. Taxes are not the only factor involved in why a company choose DK and not Mexico. It is the access to resources, infrastructure, educated labour force and taxes surely, but taxe is just one of several factors. Sweden is performing well I might add. Fogh did nothing good for the economy, it was Løkke that shall be thanked for the reforms...and Nyrup :) Thorning might be good, I trust R.

[legggggggggy]

@vorrifmn We hate her.

[legggggggggy]

@Baal1985 The real solution is to focus on making Denmark more attractive. Make citizens spend more money. Make it attractive to invest in Denmark. Make it attractive for people to start new business.

[legggggggggy]

@Baal1985 Higher taxes will not fix anything. They now make a policy where they focus on punishment. If you eat healthy fats you should get punished. If you drive your car to work you should get punished. If companies are not incredible more green than our neighbor countries they get punished. They want companies to pay higher taxes generally. All this removes competition away from us and we will suffer really badly in the future. They already complain that people move out. Their fault.

[legggggggggy]

@Baal1985 They blame the old PM for not doing anything about he economy. The thing is that all countries in the world suffer from the economy and Denmark too which comes from outside burst of the bubble as well of us being part of it. Venstre did everything they could to prevent it and we are one of the most solid EU countries thanks to the old policy. I dont like the policy now because it focus on the wrong things. They believe higher taxes is the answer to everything. Growth is!!!

[Baal1985]

@legggggggggy a liberal like you must be happy DF is out of power. Your secret dream must be a gvt that consists of VKR ;) Even several Liberals are happy the SSFR gvt cancelled the ridiculus idea of having a physical barrierer along the Danish border, and I would not be surprised if several Liberals are happy bout legalizing gay-marriages, I know Simon-Emil is ;) VK gvt was unable to because of DF. Why do you even complain, SSFR is a red gvt with blue policy, you should b happy?

[Baal1985]

@legggggggggy What Venstre (the Liberal), said, come on, they have been in power, sorry DF (Danish People's Party) has been in power for 10 years. It just seems unwillingly comical when such party promises theyre gonna fix the economy. Why did you not do so while you were in power. Beside, generally speaking, any party being in power too long is not good, power corrupts. A cliche but a true one. The cases with Løkke, Gade, Poulsen, Hornbech (and Fogh?) prove my point.

[Baal1985]

@legggggggggy that is thing with representive (indirect) democracy. Again because you live in a democracy it is possible to kick the PM out of office through the process of voting. What had you expected rationally anyhow? The SSFR gov has to accept the retirement reform because of R. The coalition is influenced by the lack of economic growth and the debt accumulated. If the average voter had just spent 1 min thinking they would doubt some of the promises made during the campaign.

[legggggggggy]

@Baal1985 Another thing was that her supporting parties hardly wanted to tell what they believed in so people could only see that all the supporting parties wanted her as a PM. The supporting parties only talked about a few positive things they wanted to include. The reality started a few weeks after when people could see what was going on they never would have voted for her. If she had been honest like the blue parties she would never have become Denmarks PM. Im disappointed.