Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
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74th Cabinet of Denmark | |
Date formed | 3 October 2011 |
Date dissolved | 3 February 2014 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Margrethe II of Denmark |
Head of government | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Member party | Social Democrats Social Liberal Party Socialist People's Party |
Status in legislature | Coalition minority government |
Opposition party | Venstre |
Opposition leader | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
History | |
Election | 2011 general election |
Incoming formation | 2011 |
Outgoing formation | 2014 |
Predecessor | Løkke Rasmussen Cabinet I |
Successor | Thorning-Schmidt Cabinet II |
The cabinet of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was the cabinet government of Denmark from 3 October 2011[1] to 3 February 2014. It was a coalition between the Social Democrats, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party. On 9 August 2013, Helle Thorning-Schmidt made a cabinet reshuffle and on 12 December 2013, she made a second cabinet reshuffle. The cabinet resigned on 3 February 2014, following the Socialist People's Party left the government on 30 January 2014. It was succeeded by the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt II
Because of the government's minority status and its dependency on the support of the opposition, Venstre, the government had to jettison many of the policies that it had given during the election campaign. Although critics have accused the government of breaking its promises, other studies argue that it has already accomplished half of its stated goals, blaming instead poor public relations strategies for its increasingly negative public image.[2]
Copenhagen Post
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Governmental parties are taking a beating at the polls, but recent study shows they've accomplished half their goals [...] Many feel that the Socialdemokraterne-Radikale-Socialistisk Folkeparti (S-R-SF) government, which has been slipping further and further down in the polls, has not done an effective job letting the public know when it gets something right.