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    Helle Thorning-Schmidt

    • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
      FT CollectionsTech Exchange
      Meta Oversight Board’s Helle Thorning-Schmidt: ‘Not all AI-generated content is harmful’

      The former Danish PM says her panel’s decisions have helped the social media giant grow up — and that other platforms should use its services

      A stylized illustration featuring a man and a woman with smiling expressions. The man, on the left, is depicted with short hair and a suit, and the woman, on the right, has long hair and is wearing a blazer over a shirt, set against a teal background
    • Monday, 5 February, 2024
      Fake news
      We need to act on online disinformation now

      Social media companies must tailor their policies to basic principles of transparency and freedom of expression

    • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
      Europe Express
      EU’s democratic experiment gets bogged down in top job tussle Premium content

      Governments and MEPs are still fighting about who should lead the Conference on the Future of Europe

    • Friday, 24 November, 2017
      Henry Mance
      Why political spouses with benefits deserve a better press

      Partners are often the best and most loyal career advisers  

      Stephen Kinnock of the Labour Party is congratulated by his wife Denmark's former Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt after retaining his seat at the count for his seat in Britain's general election in Aberavon, Wales, June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden
    • Monday, 4 July, 2016
      Ludovic Hunter-Tilney
      Generation X politics with yoga, selfies and Brexit

      Notebook: I blame leaders from the slacker generation for this chaos, writes Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

      Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (C) poses with yoga enthusiasts following a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX10CVT
    • Friday, 19 June, 2015
      News in-depthWorld
      Denmark poll heralds new political era

      Helle Thorning-Schmidt resigns as prime minister as country swings to the right

      Helle Thorning-Schmidt...Danish Prime Minister and head of the Social Democrats, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, reacts to the election results Thursday, June 18, 2015, in Copenhagen for the Danish parliamentary elections. Thorning-Schmidt told party members she will step down as prime minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party on Friday after her coalition lost the election to the center-right opposition. (Gregers Tycho/Polfoto via AP) DENMARK OUT
    • Friday, 19 June, 2015
      World
      Rasmussen hopes to build bridges and become next Danish PM

      Centre-right leader wants to leave recent scandals behind and assume power in Copenhagen

      Lars Loekke Rasmussen, head of the Liberal Party, waves at his supporters and the media after the result of the election became clear early Friday morning, June 19. 2015 at the Parliament in Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen. Denmark's center-right opposition won a parliamentary election after strong gains by an anti-immigration party that wants to limit the European Union's influence over the small Nordic country. With all votes counted, preliminary official results showed the opposition bloc led by Loekke Rasmussen, a former prime minister, would get the 90 seats needed to secure a majority in the 179-seat legislature. (Jens Dresling/Polfoto via AP) DENMARK OUT
    • Thursday, 18 June, 2015
      World
      Denmark’s prime minister resigns after populist party success

      Big win for anti-immigration, populist party who beat Liberals into second place

      Head of the Social Democrats and Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, second left, and her husband British politician Stephen Kinnock, third left, leave the Parliament early Friday morning, June 19. 2015 at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, after she announced her resignation as leader of the party. Denmark's center-right opposition won a parliamentary election after strong gains by an anti-immigration party that wants to limit the European Union's influence over the small Nordic country. (Ida Munch/Polfoto via AP) DENMARK OUT
    • Thursday, 18 June, 2015
      World
      Exit polls predict dead-heat in Danish elections

      Slight lead for Rasmussen but result could be down to Faeroes and Greenland

      epa04806029 Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt casts her vote in Oesterbro, during general elections in Copenhagen, Denmark, 18 June 2015. Voting began in Denmark's general election with opinion polls suggesting a neck-and-neck race between the Prime Minister's left-leaning bloc and the centre-right opposition. Some 4.1 million people are eligible to vote to decide the composition of the 179-seat parliament, which includes four seats decided by the voters in the semi-autonomous Greenland and Faroe Islands. EPA/BAX LINDHARDT DENMARK OUT
    • Thursday, 18 June, 2015
      FT Photo DiaryWorld
      Helle heads to the polls
    • Tuesday, 9 June, 2015
      World
      Thorning-Schmidt bets on Danish recovery in bid for re-election

      Prime minister hopes voters will give her credit for Denmark’s economic growth

      Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt announces the date of Denmark's general election, at a press conference, in Copenhagen, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Danish Social Democratic Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt on Wednesday announced that parliamentary elections will be held on June 18. She said the minority government, whose term ends in September, would not resign before the election but that it was time for voters to have their say on its policies. (Jens Dresling/Polfoto via AP) DENMARK OUT
    • Wednesday, 27 May, 2015
      World
      Denmark’s prime minister Thorning-Schmidt calls election

      Centre-left social democrat leader hopes to secure second term on the back of recovering economy

      Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt announces the date of Denmark's general election, at a press conference, in Copenhagen, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Danish Social Democratic Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt on Wednesday announced that parliamentary elections will be held on June 18. She said the minority government, whose term ends in September, would not resign before the election but that it was time for voters to have their say on its policies. (Jens Dresling/Polfoto via AP) DENMARK OUT
    • Monday, 16 February, 2015
      World
      Denmark wakes up to danger of home-grown extremism

      Shooting leaves all parties wondering how to counter threat

      People stand by flowers on February 16, 2015 in Copenhagen put at the site in the Norrebro district where the alleged author of last week-end two fatal attacks was shot by the police. The attacks, which targeted a debate on Islam and free speech and a synagogue, came just a month after the Islamist attacks in Paris at satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo office and a Kosher Supermarket. AFP PHOTO / CLAUS BJORN LARSEN (Photo credit should read CLAUS BJORN LARSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 16 February, 2015
      World
      Two charged in connection with Copenhagen attacks

      Suspects arrested for allegedly supplying the weapon used in shootings

      epa04622524 Flowers and candles left following shootings in the Danish capital, outside the Krudttonden cafe, the venue of a free speech event that was titled 'Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression', in Copenhagen, Denmark, 16 February 2015. Danish police have arrested two men on suspicion of aiding the gunman who carried out shooting attacks in Copenhagen, investigators said. EPA/SOEREN BIDSTRUP DENMARK OUT
    • Thursday, 18 September, 2014
      EU business regulation
      Margrethe Vestager: EU’s new antitrust boss has steely reputation
      Current Denmark's Economy and Interior minister, Margrethe Vestager, addresses journalists in Copengagen on September 10, 2014 after being appointed EU Competition Commissioner . 
									AFP PHOTO / SCANPIX DENMARK / JENS NOERGAARD LARSEN +++ DENMARK OUT        (Photo credit should read JENS NOERGAARD LARSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Saturday, 30 August, 2014
      World
      EU leaders name Donald Tusk president of the European Council
      Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (L) talks with European Parliament President Martin Schulz at the start of a European Union summit in Brussels August 30, 2014. European Union leaders will threaten Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine on Saturday but, fearful of a new Cold War and self-inflicted harm to their own economies, should give Moscow another chance to make peace. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)
    • Friday, 29 August, 2014
      Brussels blogPeter Spiegel
      EU summit: leaked language on Ukraine sanctions
    • Thursday, 28 August, 2014
      World
      Poland and Denmark in two-horse race for EU council presidency
      Denmark's PM Thorning-Schmidt and Poland's PM Donald Tusk
    • Wednesday, 27 August, 2014
      World
      European Council presidency race is wide open with six contenders
      Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt waves to supporters with her husband Stephen Kinnock from the front door of her home in Copenhagen
    • Wednesday, 16 July, 2014
      Q&AWorld
      Q&A: The confusing contest for the EU’s top jobs

      Three major roles and make-up of commission up for grabs

      Radoslaw Sikorski
    • Sunday, 13 July, 2014
      World
      Fresh fight breaks out over top EU roles

      As Juncker debate settles, Eastern bloc opposes Italian for foreign policy job

    • Wednesday, 25 June, 2014
      World
      Allies abandon Cameron ahead of summit
      British Prime Minister David Cameron
    • Wednesday, 25 June, 2014
      World
      Europe’s top jobs: The runners and riders
      European Union Headquarters
    • Monday, 23 June, 2014
      Brexit
      Cameron prepared to be isolated in challenge on Juncker presidency
      UK premier David Cameron discussed the issue with  European Council president Herman Van Rompuy in London this month
    • Monday, 23 June, 2014
      World
      Push to secure EU’s remaining top jobs
      Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Helle Thorning Pressemoede
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