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ad decided that he had provided the folketing with inaccurate and incomplete information regarding his decision to postpone payment of several bills from regnecentralen and kommunedata from one accounting year to the next rasmussen disagreed with the findings of the commission but faced with the threat of a motion of no confidence he left his posts voluntarily citation needed 2001 election edit his liberal venstre party won power in the november 2001 election defeating the social democratic government of poul nyrup rasmussen and enabling him to form his first cabinet that election marked a dramatic change in danish politics it was the first time since 1920 that the social democratic party lost its position as the largest party in the folketing parliament mainly due to a loss of working class votes to dansk folkeparti the danish people s party citation needed prime minister of denmark edit following the 2001 election venstre formed a government in a parliamentary coalition with the conservative people s party to form a minority government with the parliamentary support of dansk folkeparti together these three parties survived both the 2005 election and the 2007 election citation needed after becoming prime minister rasmussen distanced himself from his earlier writings and announced the death of neoliberalism during the national elections of 2005 commonly regarded to have been inspired by the success of tony blair rasmussen now seemed more in favour of the theories of anthony giddens and his third way there was talk in libertas of revoking fogh rasmussen s award as a result of this though this never happened citation needed his government enacted tough measures designed to limit the number of immigrants coming to denmark specifically as asylum seekers or through arranged marriages however his governments depended on the support of dansk folkeparti and it is impossible to draw a clear dividing line between his personal ideology and the required compromises with dansk folkeparti citation needed tax reform edit after the 2001 elections venstre banned all tax increases venstre campaigned by claiming that taxes had been growing constantly during the previous eight years under the social democrats while the overall tax burden was more or less unchanged from 1993 until 2001 citation needed there was a shift from the taxation of income both corporate and personal to a personal consumption especially through the ecological taxes da grønne afgifter which gave the average citizen the impression of rising taxes this tax stop was criticised by left wing parties allegedly for being antisocial and only for the rich since the tax stop also froze the tax on real property da ejendomsværdiskat 1 it was beneficial to homeowners in densely populated regions that had experienced rising real estate values the property tax was set at a nominal level not at a relative level while the rate was one percent when the tax stop was enacted the rate is much less today when recent increases in property value 20 p a in large cities are considered the danish economic council criticized this as unfairly benefiting current homeowners even though the total tax burden was marginally higher in 2005 than in 2001 the tax stop was popular among voters thus in january 2005 the social democrats announced that they accepted the principle of a tax stop until at least one right wing party was willing to participate in tax reform the tax stop has however been ineffective judging by venstre s intentions its goal was to halt the growth of public expenditures and halt the growth of taxes but even with cuts in public spending which were considered aggressive by the political left wing overall spending continued to rise by approximately one percentage point above inflation each year from 2004 and onwards minor tax cuts came into effect on two accounts people with jobs got a 3 tax reduction on the 5 5 bottom tax da bundskat an employment deduction da beskæftigelsesfradrag was introduced this initiative was to encourage people to get off welfare and take jobs instead the bottom limit of the middle tax da mellemskat of 6 was raised by 12 000 dkk every year over the next four years this was supposed to limit the income stresses of middle incomes and families with children in 2009 a major tax reform was implemented the overall marginal tax rate was reduced by 7 5 in the end the top tax rate topskatten was not changed but the income level at which it applied was raised this removed 350 000 danes from the top tax bracket the medium tax rate was eliminated and the lowest was reduced by 1 5 various other tax reforms were enacted such as an increase in the old age pension incentives for renovation and various initiatives designed to improve energy efficiency 14 finance minister lars lokke rasmussen called it the biggest reduction in the marginal tax rate since the introduction of income tax in 1903 15 in 2009 tax revenue was 777 375 million krone it had grown to 831 172 million in 2011 901 001 million in 2013 954 473 million in 2015 and 995 058 million in 2017 16 it s important to note that from 2011 to 2015 social democrat helle thorning schmidt was the prime minister however she passed a tax reform with support from the liberal conservative opposition 17 it raised the top tax threshold effectively lowering tax rates for high income earners 18 2002 eu presidency edit rasmussen held the rotating presidency of the european union from july to december 2002 proving his dedication to a pro eu agenda and the guiding principles of the ellemann jensen doctrine he pursued this to its logical conclusion by publicly denouncing the danish collaboration policy during its second world war occupation the first official apology on behalf of denmark for this 19 war in iraq edit see also the letter of the eight under rasmussen denmark supported american foreign policies as prime minister rasmussen strongly supported the 2003 iraq war as in most european countries he faced considerable opposition both in the parliament and in the general population subsequent opinion polls suggested the danish population s opinion was split on the issue one vocal protester managed to get into the danish parliament during the period before the war where he poured red paint on the prime minister while yelling du har blod på dine hænder literally you have blood on your hands a member of the danish parliament for the socialist red green alliance pernille rosenkrantz theil stated that it was a reaction she might have made under the circumstances although she later denounced such behaviour denmark was one of only five countries to take part in the actual invasion operations the others being the u s uk poland and australia though the contingent mainly consisted of two minor warships and staff and radio units that were never involved in actual combat in the months after the initial phase of the war danish troops participated in the multi national force stationed in iraq approximately 550 danish troops were stationed in iraq from 2004 and into 2007 first at camp dannevang and later at camp einherjer both near basra when the contingent of troops left around august 2007 it was not replaced and denmark shifted its focus to non military support around baghdad the official reason provided is that the iraqi government should now be able to handle security in the basra area critics of rasmussen argued that the withdrawal was motivated by decreasing domestic support for the war in 2004 rasmussen s government came under attack based on questions of how much intelligence it had with regard to iraqi weapons of mass destruction the government held hearings and was forced to publish classified reports it had consulted about the likelihood of banned weapons existing in iraq while the blair and bush administrations became the subject of criticism for extended periods because of their reliance on questionable intelligence rasmussen stayed clear of this controversy this is probably largely because the motion passed by parliament folketinget authorising the deployment of danish troops states as the reason for the deployment iraq s continued refusal to cooperate with un inspectors in violation of the un security council s resolution the danish deployment of troops was thus not formally based on a claim that iraq had wmd s secretary of defense donald h rumsfeld escorts rasmussen into the pentagon on 8 may 2003 in march 2003 rasmussen stated as one of the reasons to support a military intervention irak har masseødelæggelsesvåben det er ikke noget vi tror vi ved det irak har selv indrømmet at det har haft sennepsgas nervegas miltbrand men saddam vil ikke afregne han vil ikke fortælle os hvor og hvordan de våben er blevet destrueret det ved vi fra fn s inspektører så der er ingen tvivl i mit sind 20 in english this translates to iraq has weapons of mass destruction this is not something we think we know it iraq has itself admitted that it had mustard gas nerve gas anthrax but saddam will not settle he will not tell us where and how the weapons have been destroyed we know from the un inspectors so there is no doubt in my mind 20 gay marriage edit civil unions between gay couples became legal in denmark in 1989 in january 2004 rasmussen stated his belief that homosexuals should be able to marry in religious ceremonies which were not allowed at the time in the evangelical lutheran state church of denmark but he has said it should be up to religious communities to decide whether to perform ceremonies for gay couples 21 2005 election edit on 18 january 2005 rasmussen called an election for 8 february 2005 he delayed the call by a couple of weeks because of the 2004 indian ocean earthquake which killed several danes his government was criticized for its allegedly slow response to that crisis although a clear majority applauded the government s actions although his party s support was reduced from the 2001 election costing it four seats venstre was able to maintain its coalition through gains by other parties and on 18 february rasmussen formed the cabinet of anders fogh rasmussen ii rasmussen received the most personal votes ever of any politician in the folketing denmark s parliament with 61 792 muhammad cartoons and danish goods boycott edit main article jyllands posten muhammad cartoons controversy a major period of conflict in rasmussen s political career concerned a set of cartoons printed in jyllands posten a major danish newspaper in september 2005 the newspaper printed a full page with 12 cartoons depicting various interpretations of muhammad due to the cartoons portraying muhammad as a terrorist some muslims found the cartoons offensive rasmussen denied a request from 11 ambassadors of middle eastern countries to discuss the issue rasmussen described the controversy as denmark s worst international crisis since world war ii later he stated that he was deeply distressed that the cartoons were seen by some muslims as an attempt by denmark to mark and insult or behave disrespectfully towards islam or mohammed 22 municipal reform edit main article municipalities of denmark municipal reform 2007 one of rasmussen s main initiatives was the introduction of municipal reform the aim of which was the geographic and administrative consolidation of smaller municipalities and the abolition of counties major areas of public services such as the national health service were consolidated into five regional bodies while the number of municipalities was reduced from 271 to 98 the reform was ratified on 16 june 2005 and was effective as of 1 january 2007 2007 election and resignation edit in october 2007 rasmussen called the 2007 general election which was held on 13 november 23 his official reason for doing so was to allow parliament to face important upcoming decisions without being distracted by a future election with welfare reform being cited as an example initial polls had predicted that neither the incumbent alliance nor the left wing opposition would win a majority leaving the centrist new alliance with the balance of power rasmussen in brazil with lula da silva 25 april 2007 at 11 30 p m on the night of the election rasmussen claimed victory on the basis of almost complete results 24 by the morning of 14 november 2007 after results came through from the faroe islands and greenland his centre right coalition of the liberals the conservative people s party and the danish people s party secured 90 seats the minimum number required for a majority 25 rasmussen went on to become the longest ruling liberal prime minister of denmark shortly after his second reelection in 2007 rumours began to spread in the danish media that rasmussen was a candidate for high profile international jobs a first rumour was that he was informally one of the top candidates for the new position of president of the european council that could be created when the lisbon treaty would come into effect 26 following the irish rejection of the treaty in june 2008 it became obvious that this position would not be created in the near future rumors then spread around rasmussen s candidacy for secretary general of nato 27 rasmussen denied the rumors until a few days before the official announcement of his selection was made 28 rasmussen expressed support for israel s right to defend itself during the gaza israel conflict he said that it was hamas that broke the truce and hamas started the conflict by firing rockets on israel no country can just passively accept being fired on 29 after he was confirmed as the nato secretary general rasmussen announced that he would resign as prime minister of denmark on 5 april 2009 nato secretary general edit see also nato russia relations and ukraine nato relations rasmussen took over as secretary general of nato in august 2009 2009 edit anders fogh rasmussen became the 12th nato secretary general on 1 august 2009 succeeding jaap de hoop scheffer who held the post from 2004 until 2009 1 the announcement was made on 4 april 2009 at the 2009 strasbourg kehl summit in strasbourg during the final selection process only one country turkey remained opposed to rasmussen s candidacy partly because of his handling of the cartoon episode in 2005 when the publication in some danish newspapers of cartoons of muhammad caused violent protests 30 31 another major element of turkey s opposition was denmark s tolerance of roj tv 30 31 which is claimed by the turkish government to be a mouthpiece for the kurdistan workers party pkk 32 eventually turkey withdrew its opposition to rasmussen s appointment in exchange of assurances roj tv would be closed down 33 32 after his accession on 1 august 2009 rasmussen s first mission was a visit to afghanistan where he met with president karzai and senior afghan ministers including minister for foreign affairs spanta minister for defence general wardak and minister of interior atmar to discuss the then impending 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