Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

We can say farewell to 10 years of bourgeois rule... now we have the opportunity to change Denmark.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

I really appreciate the British part of my family.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.