COPENHAGEN – Denmark’s prime minister-elect Helle Thorning-Schmidt has agreed with political allies to form a three-party coalition government to steer the country out of an economic crisis. Ms Thorning-Schmidt, leader of the Social Democrats whose “Red bloc” won an election two weeks ago, said she had completed a policy programme for the centre- left alliance.
“It is a government programme that will bring Denmark out on the other side of the [economic] crisis, she said on TV2 News as she arrived at parliament house to brief her parliamentary group. “With this programme we can modernise Denmark,” she said. – (Reuters)