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Danish PM Thorning-Schmidt concedes election defeat

Published: 19 Jun 2015 - 12:48 pm | Last Updated: 12 Jan 2022 - 06:34 pm


Copenhagen - Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt conceded defeat in Thursday's general election and resigned as Social Democratic party leader after a record score for an anti-immigration party lifted the opposition right-wing bloc to victory.

"Tomorrow I will go to the Queen and tell her that the government is stepping down. Now it is up to Lars Lokke Rasmussen to try to form a government," she said, referring to the leader of the main right-wing party Venstre.

AFP