Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt Calls General Election
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt officially began Denmark’s election cycle on Wednesday at a press conference by calling the general election for June 18. Thorning-Schmidt spoke about her center-left administration’s accomplishments, and made a case for her Social Democrat party to win another term in office over the center-right Liberal Party.
Her announcement came shortly after the Danish government announced an upward revision of its economic forecast.
“Denmark is back on track, we are out of the crisis. … It’s time to ask the Danes if they want to maintain this direction,” she said, according to the Local. She listed a number of achievements of her administration, including an improved economy, lowered unemployment, and tightened restrictions on immigration and refugees. “In short, Denmark is in better shape today than it was in 2011,” she reportedly said.