Danes vote in a centre-left coalition led by Helle Thorning-Schmidt 1st female PM

[malaise]

Bravo Social Democrats!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/15/danes-female-prime-minister-helle-thorning-schmidt
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The far right's 10-year grip on Denmark's government has ended as the Danes voted for their first female prime minister, handing government to a centre-left coalition.

The close general election gave victory to the social democrats, closing a decade of rightwing ascendancy during which a minority government of liberals and conservatives was kept in power by parliamentary support from the europhobic, Muslim-baiting Danish People's party.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the social democrat leader and daughter-in-law of Neil and Glenys Kinnock, salvaged her political career by ousting the liberal prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen's coalition at her second attempt. She is expected to form a government with three other liberal and leftwing parties.

[TheBigotBasher]

1. She was subject to a lot of homophobic attacks and smears

so very well done to her.

[marmar]

2. Something's not rotten in Denmark.

Skål !!!!!

[ClarkUSA]

3. The far right has succeeded in making its tough anti-immigrant position the Danish mainstream stance

How unfortunate. She's not likely to change that, given how fragile her coalition is.

I'm glad she's in power. Hopefully, this is the start of a pushback against the trend favoring conservative governments in Europe.