We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.

When you mercilessly fire deadly bullets at innocent people taking part in a debate, when you attack the Jewish community, you attack our democracy, we will do everything possible to protect our Jewish community.

Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.

People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.

So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

I feel like giving myself a pat on the back. We can create history tonight. We can bid goodbye to 10 years of (Liberal-Conservative) government which has ground to a halt, and get a new government and a new majority in Denmark.