Queen Margrethe: Female Leader

Parliamentary Parties Dept: Financial markets generally took Denmark's election in their stride, having expected the result, which could trigger extra public spending and higher taxes in the Nordic country, according to Montreal Gazette. Thorning-Schmidt, who will be Denmark's first female leader when formalities are over, faces the tough task of pleasing coalition partners ranging from mainstream centrists to the far left and denmark's prime minister-elect, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, said on Friday she expected to form a new government quickly, bringing together a disparate "Red bloc" that ended 10 years of centre-right rule in a voter backlash over the economic downturn. After meeting the leaders of the parliamentary parties at the royal palace on Friday afternoon, Queen Margrethe formally gave Thorning-Schmidt the task of trying to form a government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.