Prime Minister-elect Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
By Inger V. Johansen and Line Barfod
September 20, 2011 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal --The result of the September 15 parliamentary elections in Denmark means that the right-wing government of the last 10 years has finally been ousted. A new government will be formed under the leadership of Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the leader of the Social Democrats. The core parties of this government will be the Social Democrats and the Socialist People's Party (SPP), who for some years have formed a close partnership with the aim of strengthening the possibilities for an alternative government.
For the first time a woman will be the prime minister of a Danish government. For the first time SPP will be in government.