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| − | The [[Dansk Folkeparti]] (DF), or [[Danish People's Party]] in English, is a right-wing anti-immigrant party in Denmark,<ref>Susi Meret, [http://vbn.aau.dk/files/20049801/spirit_phd_series_25.pdf The Danish People's Party, the Italian Northern League and the Austrian Freedom Party in a Comparative Perspective: Party Ideology and Electoral Support], Aalborg : Institut for Historie, Internationale Studier og Samfundsforhold, Aalborg Universitet, 2010. (SPIRIT PhD Series; 25).</ref> the third largest in the country. | + | The [[Dansk Folkeparti]] (DF), or [[Danish People's Party]] in English, is a right-wing anti-immigrant party in Denmark,<ref>Susi Meret, [http://vbn.aau.dk/files/20049801/spirit_phd_series_25.pdf The Danish People's Party, the [[Italian Northern League]] and the [[Austrian Freedom Party]] in a Comparative Perspective: Party Ideology and Electoral Support], Aalborg : Institut for Historie, Internationale Studier og Samfundsforhold, Aalborg Universitet, 2010. (SPIRIT PhD Series; 25).</ref> the third largest in the country. |
| − | From 2001 to 2011, Denmark was ruled by a minority conservative-liberal coalition, which depended on DF support. As a result, Denmark | + | From 2001 to 2011, Denmark was ruled by a minority conservative-liberal coalition, which depended on DF support. As a result, Denmark gained some of the strictest asylum laws in Europe.<ref>Jan Olsen, [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/world/People39s-Party-out-of-favour.6834179.jp People's Party out of favour], Scotland on Sunday, 11 September 2011.</ref> |
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| + | In June 2015 the Danish People's Party almost doubled its backing from the 2011 previous general election after promising tougher immigration laws. Winning more than 21 per cent of the vote and 37 seats in the country’s 179-seat parliament, it is now the country's second largest party. | ||
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| + | The election saw Denmark's first female and prime minister [[Helle Thorning-Schmidt]] concede the centre-left's coalition's defeat and resign. [[Lars Løkke Rasmussen]], the leader of the right-wing [[Venstre]] Liberal party, will become Denmark’s next prime minister and lead a centre-right coalition of the Danish People's Party. | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
| − | *[[Pia Kjaersgaard]] - | + | *[[Kristian Thulesen Dahl]], leader |
| + | *[[Pia Kjaersgaard]] - former leader<ref>Peter Stanners, [http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/51973-politiken-challenges-kjaersgaard-on-multiculturalism-.html Newspaper challenges right wing leader on multiculturalism], Copenhagen Post, 9 August 2011.</ref> | ||
*[[Marie Krarup]] | *[[Marie Krarup]] | ||
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*Website [http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/ http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/] | *Website [http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/ http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/] | ||
| − | ==External | + | ==External resources== |
*Peter Stanners, [http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/51973-politiken-challenges-kjaersgaard-on-multiculturalism-.html Newspaper challenges right wing leader on multiculturalism], Copenhagen Post, 9 August 2011. | *Peter Stanners, [http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/51973-politiken-challenges-kjaersgaard-on-multiculturalism-.html Newspaper challenges right wing leader on multiculturalism], Copenhagen Post, 9 August 2011. | ||
Revision as of 12:59, 19 June 2015
The Dansk Folkeparti (DF), or Danish People's Party in English, is a right-wing anti-immigrant party in Denmark,[1] the third largest in the country.
From 2001 to 2011, Denmark was ruled by a minority conservative-liberal coalition, which depended on DF support. As a result, Denmark gained some of the strictest asylum laws in Europe.[2]
In June 2015 the Danish People's Party almost doubled its backing from the 2011 previous general election after promising tougher immigration laws. Winning more than 21 per cent of the vote and 37 seats in the country’s 179-seat parliament, it is now the country's second largest party.
The election saw Denmark's first female and prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt concede the centre-left's coalition's defeat and resign. Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the leader of the right-wing Venstre Liberal party, will become Denmark’s next prime minister and lead a centre-right coalition of the Danish People's Party.
People
- Kristian Thulesen Dahl, leader
- Pia Kjaersgaard - former leader[3]
- Marie Krarup
Europe Parliament
- Member of the European Conservatives and Reformists group
Contact
- Website http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/
External resources
- Peter Stanners, Newspaper challenges right wing leader on multiculturalism, Copenhagen Post, 9 August 2011.
Notes
- ↑ Susi Meret, The Danish People's Party, the Italian Northern League and the Austrian Freedom Party in a Comparative Perspective: Party Ideology and Electoral Support, Aalborg : Institut for Historie, Internationale Studier og Samfundsforhold, Aalborg Universitet, 2010. (SPIRIT PhD Series; 25).
- ↑ Jan Olsen, People's Party out of favour, Scotland on Sunday, 11 September 2011.
- ↑ Peter Stanners, Newspaper challenges right wing leader on multiculturalism, Copenhagen Post, 9 August 2011.
