Denmark (European Parliament constituency) in the context of "Helle Thorning-Schmidt"

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⭐ Core Definition: Denmark (European Parliament constituency)

Denmark is a European Parliament constituency for the elections to the European Parliament covering the Member state of the European Union Denmark, but not other parts of the Danish Realm such as the Faroe Islands or Greenland, which are not a part of the EU. It is currently represented by fifteen Members of the European Parliament. Denmark uses the D'Hondt method of proportional representation. Electoral alliances between two or more parties are allowed.

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👉 Denmark (European Parliament constituency) in the context of Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Danish: [ˈhelə ˈtsʰoɐ̯ne̝ŋ ˈsme̝t]; born 14 December 1966) is a Danish retired politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to have held each post. Following defeat in 2015, she announced that she would step down as both Danish Prime Minister and Social Democratic party leader. Ending her political career in April 2016, she was the chief executive of the NGO Save the Children until June 2019.

Thorning-Schmidt served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Denmark from 1999 to 2004 before being elected to the Danish Parliament in 2005. She was elected to replace Mogens Lykketoft as Leader of the Social Democrats after the 2005 parliamentary election, leading her party through the 2007 parliamentary election, which was won by the centre-right alliance, and the 2011 parliamentary election, after which she was appointed Prime Minister by Queen Margrethe II, and the 2015 election. Thorning-Schmidt holds a degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen and a master's degree from the College of Europe.

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