Helle Thorning-Schmidt
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a former Prime Minister of Denmark who advocates for centrist politics and social cohesion. This interview reveals her commitment to understanding diverse viewpoints and her belief in the power of compromise and collaboration in governance.
“Muscled himself To the photo, so there's this ridiculous photo, which I'm the only one who got, I got that photo. No one else has got that photo. And we just had a laugh. It was a moment of three people. We're the same age. We have nice working relationship, just taking a selfie.”
“Yeah, no, do you want to know? Yeah, I do. I do I felt it was very difficult to ask for a second referendum when people had just voted. And I sometimes feel that people who asked for the second referendum created an obstacle to finding the middle ground and the solution. And that bothers me because I think there was a middle ground.”
“Who you love, it's the same person, whatever journey they're on, it's the same person. And it is the same person. And that's the message I want to just to give to, it's a simple message. And it's not very hard. And one thing that has saddened me a lot is to see that there's suddenly a fight between feminists.”
“They didn't understand it. I think I would have been much better if I'd just had a normal Peter Hintreich as my husband who was a teacher or something. I think that would have been easier. And people were also making these big stories about this European couple and, you know, even in Denmark to be two European can be a difficult thing.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 84. Denmark's former PM on the power of centrist politics, fighting misogyny, and joining the Kinnock empire (Helle Thorning-Schmidt)
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