Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
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.svg) 74thCabinet of Denmark | |
 Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt in front ofAmalienborg | |
| 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 | Minority(coalition) with confidence and supply from the Red–Green |
| 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 |
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Thecabinet of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was thecabinet government ofDenmark from3 October 2011[1] to 3 February 2014. It was acoalition between theSocial Democrats, theDanish Social Liberal Party and theSocialist People's Party. On 9 August 2013,Helle Thorning-Schmidt made acabinet reshuffle and on 12 December 2013, she made a secondcabinet reshuffle. The cabinet resigned on 3 February 2014, following theSocialist People's Party left the government on 30 January 2014. It was succeeded by theCabinet 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]
At theparliamentary election on 15 September 2011, the governingLiberal Party remained the single largest party with the addition of one seat while the Social Democrats lost a seat. However, a three-party coalition of opposition parties together with the supportingRed-Green Alliance won a larger share of seats than the incumbentLiberal-Conservative government and their supporting parties theLiberal Alliance andDanish People's Party.[3] Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen then tendered the cabinet's resignation toQueen Margrethe II on 16 September,[4] following which she met with the leaders of all parties. She then tasked Social Democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt with negotiating the formation of a new government. Rasmussen's cabinet remained in office as acaretaker government until 3 October, when Thorning-Schmidt's cabinet was sworn in making her the first femalePrime Minister.[5] TheSocial Liberal Party and theSocialist People's Party also became part of the three-party government.[6] It was the first time the Socialist People's Party joined a government since its foundation in 1959.[3]
On 30 January 2014Annette Vilhelmsen, the leader ofSocialist People's Party announced that the party would be leaving government, the result of extended turmoil over the proposed sale ofDONG Energy shares toGoldman Sachs.[7]
The Social Democrats had ten ministers including the Prime Minister. The smaller Social Liberal Party and Socialist People's Party each had six ministers.[1]
| Preceded by | Cabinet of Denmark 2011-2014 | Succeeded by |
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.
