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| Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, born December 14, 1966, age 45 years) is a Danish politician and leader of the Social Democratic politician Denmark today.
As a potential right-wing Social Democrats, Mogens Lykketoft he succeeded as party leader after the 2005 elections. He led his party after the 2007 parliamentary elections but failed to get a majority. After the 2011 elections on 15 September 2011, he was expected to be appointed as Prime Minister of Denmark if he succeeded in negotiating government platform with other opposition parties. If appointed by Queen Margrethe, he will be Denmark's first female Prime Minister.
He served as Member of the 1999-2004 European Parliament before being elected to the Danish Parliament in 2005.
Thorning-Schmidt holds a degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen and the College of Europe.
Early Life, Education and Personal Background
Helle Thorning-Schmidt was born in 1966 in Rodovre for Thorning-Schmidt Holger, a professor of mathematics and national economist at the University of Copenhagen Grete, and his wife. Her parents were politically conservative, and he was raised on the outskirts of Copenhagen Ishøj. He attended the Gymnasium Ishøj from which he graduated in 1985. Her parents divorced when he was 10 years old.
He graduated with a master's degree (cand.scient.pol.) In political science from the University of Copenhagen in 1994. He also holds a master's degree in European studies specializing in policy and public administration from the College of Europe, a university in Bruges, Belgium that he learned in the period 1992-1993 (he is an alumnus of Charles IV promotion). At that time, the quota Denmark is a student at a prestigious institution run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Thorning-Schmidt dipilih.Selain his native Denmark, he is fluent in English and French.
She met her husband, Stephen Kinnock, when they were both studying at the College of Europe, Belgium. They have two daughters, Johanna and Camilla. He lives in Copenhagen with their children, while her husband is based in Davos, Switzerland, where he worked as director of the World Economic Forum. [5] in-law is a Neil Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, former leader of the British Labour Party and the European Commissioner, and Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, a former British Minister for Europe.
He became a social democrat during the study in Belgium and Denmark joined the Social Democrats in 1993.
Early Career
In the period 1994-1997, he led the secretariat of the Danish delegation of social democrats in the European Parliament. After a time in Brussels, he worked as an international consultant with the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions to elect a MEP in 1999. Template: Citation needed
Member of the European Parliament 1999-2004
In 1999, Helle Thorning-Schmidt was elected to the European Parliament as a member of the Party of European Socialists with more than 22,000 personal votes. [Citation needed] During the period of five years, he is a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and Constitutional Committee of the European Parliament. He campaigned for Parliamentary Reform (CPR).
Members of the Folketing
In the 2005 elections, Thorning-Schmidt was elected to the Folketing. Since 2005, he has represented the constituency in the Danish capital of Copenhagen called Østerbrokredsen.
[Edit] Leader of the Opposition Social Democrats
After the defeat in 2005 elections, which the Social Democrats lost five seats and failed to regain the majority and lose the 2001 election of former Finance Minister and then-party leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned from his position in the party, taking responsibility for poor election results. In his resignation speech on the night of February 8, 2005 election, he called for the selection of leadership in order to determine who should lead the party into the next election Template: Citation needed.
He campaigned for the party leadership as a moderate candidate and elected by party members on 12 April 2005, ahead of other candidates, more leftwing Frank Jensen.
He led the Social Democrats through the 2007 election, in which his party suffered modest losses and were forced to occupy third position in opposition. The party can not regain its position as the largest party in the Folketing.
He was against holding a referendum on the Reform Treaty Eropa.Selama 2007 election campaign, he promised to loosen restrictions on asylum seekers and immigrants. [8] He also opposed the tax cuts announced by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, instead he wanted to see more money spent on welfare. The party also campaigned on a platform to combat the rising inequality in society, and combating global warming by making 45% of Danish energy from renewable sources by 2025.
Although the party lost two seats in the election 2007 (currently 45 seats), is not questioned by the party leadership.
According to a June 2008 poll conducted by Gallup, the center-left opposition is 49.8% compared with 49.6% for the center-right. This will leave the center-left on the 88 seats, two short of the majority, discounting the Faroe Islands and Greenland seat. Since the end of 2009 the opposition has enjoyed a large majority in the polls, and according to the poll conducted in January 2011 led opposition coalition government under Lars Lokke Rasmussen the points leading 5-7 Venstre and the Social Democrats with 7-10 points that will make the party Social Democrats are the largest in the Folketing.
Both Margrethe Vestager (Social Liberal Party) and Villy Søvndal ([Party [Socialist People's (Denmark) | Socialist People's Party]]) have pledged their support for Thorning-Schmidt after winning elections last election potensial.Karena, Helle Thorning-Schmidt has working towards the establishment of a center-left coalition government consisting of the Socialist People's Party and Social Liberal Party with parliamentary support from the small Red-Green Alliance.
As the leader of the largest opposition party in Denmark, he has been portrayed by the media as opposition leader Denmark.
Designated Prime Minister
In the 2011 parliamentary elections, he was re-elected to parliament. Although the Liberal Party became the largest party and the seats and the Social Democrats lost seats, the combined opposition parties gained seats over from the coalition government. Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen formally submitted his resignation to Queen Margrethe on September 16, 2011. The new prime minister will be appointed by the Queen following the procedure, the traditional complex, where the first candidate to secure the necessary parliamentary support. If appointed, Thorning-Schmidt will be the first woman to win the post of Prime Minister of Denmark. Social Democrat Thorning-Schmidt needs to negotiate with the Social Liberal Party, the Socialist People's Party, and the Red-Green Alliance in order to form a government. Lars Lokke Rasmussen cabinet will remain in office as a caretaker government until a new cabinet appointed.
Controversy
Danish tax authorities (skating) and the police have been investigating reports that her husband, Stephen Kinnock had embezzled the tax and stated that he was not a resident of Denmark. Thus is not subject to tax in Denmark. At the same time Thorning-Schmidt said in an application for dispensation for Kinnock to own property in Denmark, that he was in Denmark "every weekend this year from Friday to Monday". Thorning-Schmidt attributes the discrepancy to a "big and sloppy error".
However, on 16 September 2010, the Danish tax authorities freed of the charges and investigation of tax evasion dijatuhkan.Pada 2010 September 2011 decision of skating appeared in a Danish newspaper BT. Thorning-Schmidt 2000-2008 turned out to have made use of the tax breaks given to her husband, although he is not taxed Denmark and had no income in Denmark. Error was determined by skating for three years from 2006 to 2008, and Thorning-Schmidt to pay back the money earned by mistake. But he was able to keep getting over six years from 2000 to 2005, because the case was outdated.
