Political Parties
Click party names for a detailed description of the parties’ and their members’ views on the State of Israel and Jews.
Liberal Alliance is the most libertarian party in Denmark. The party advocates a free market, a flat 40% income tax, lower taxes, less bureaucracy, economic reforms, sustainable growth, no toll-barriers and in principal that anyone can settle in Denmark, as long as they can sustain themselves. The party has previously suggested a “prohibition on prohibitions”. 5% or 9 seats of 179. Read more on wikipedia, no official english-language website exists.
The Conservative People’s Party
‘Conservative’ is the traditional conservative party in Denmark, though they adhere more to liberal conservatism with a few elements of nationalism – including the preservation of the monarchy. The party advocates lower taxes, increased safety measures and a better educational system “where we can ensure coherency and let the pupils become mannered and influenced by the [conservative] values of the danish society”. The party has been compared to David Cameron’s Conservative Party in the UK. The party has for the last ten years followed Left’s policies closely. 4,9% or 8 seats of 179. Read more on their website.
Left – Liberal Party of Denmark
Left is the center-right party of Denmark, and the largest of all parties. The party has led the government-coalition for the last ten years. Left is advocating economic reforms, sustainable growth, focus on education and an improved health care system. 26,7% or 46 seats of 179. Read more on their website.
The Danish Social Liberal Party
The Social Liberal Party is the center party in Danish politics. The party is notable for negotiating with parties on both sides of the political spectrum, forming a parliamentary majority wherever most of their wishes gets fulfilled. Preliminary to the parliamentary elections in 2011, they have aligned themselves with the left-wing – despite internal critics. The party advocates tax-reforms, increasing real-estate taxes and all taxes associated with environmental issues, meanwhile lowering income-tax, less centralization of the educational system, looser immigration laws, and a responsible economic policy. 9,5% or 17 seats of 179. Read more on their website.
The Social Democratic Party have traditionally been the workers’ party. It was the largest party in almost 80 years, until 2001 when Left became the largest party. The party was the biggest party in the left-wing coalition government from 1993-2001. The party advocates a Keynesian economic policy, more money allocated to the educational system, more financial aid to the weakest, has vowed to fight financial inequality etc. in general everything a democratic socialist party stands for. 24,8% or 44 of 179 seats. Read more on their website.
The Social Democrats are currently trying to form a new coalition government with Red-Green Alliance, The Social Liberal Party and the The Socialists People’s Party – something which critics argues will be tremendously hard as a parliamentary majority cannot exist without both The Social Liberal Party and Red-Green Alliance.
The Danish People’s Party, popularly called “DF”, is a right-wing populist- and nationalist party. Their policies are almost entirely focused on value-based subjects like immigration, security and cultural heritage. Their voters are mostly elderly attracted by the party’s social democratic policies, the rest of the voters mostly constitutes poorly educated and or critics of a multiethnic society. The party rejects multiculturalism and have previously stated that a multiethnic Denmark would be a “national disaster”. They are outspoken critics of what they call the ongoing islamization of the West. The party is the only explicit supporter of the State of Israel and Jews. 12,3% or 22 seats of 179. Read more on their website.
The Socialists People’s Party is a green and marxist-socialist party. It was founded by a former leader of the Danish Communist Party. The party has slightly moderated their views in light of the 2011 elections, where the they are working in close collaboration with the Social Democratic Party. The party advocates globalization based on solidarity, equality for women, Keynesian economic policy, long term market control/steering.
The party sits with the The Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament – a group notable in the European Parliament for voicing their support for ‘stateless nations’.
The party is considered semi-communist, and positions itself as the party between the Social Democratic Party and the Red-Green Alliance on the political spectrum.
“Politics should not be based on so-called necessities, but rather opinions, goals and values.”
Party members have repeatedly expressed anti-Israel opinions. Their party leader is a (former) member of the international ‘Boycott Israel’ movement. 9,2% or 16 seats of 179. Read more on their website.
The Red-Green Alliance is a communist party with the declared goal of eradicating the class society. The party is a merger of people from the Danish Communist Party, the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party and Left Socialists. The party is anti-capitalist and wants to increase the size of public workforce, nationalize banks and lending institutes, increase welfare aid to at least 2450 USD monthly, raise wages for lowest-paid, raise educational funding (money you get for studying), double development aid to 1,5%, disband the European Union, awareness of human rights. The party is the most anti-Israel in the Danish Parliament. 6,7% or 12 seats of 179. Read more on their website.
The National Socialist Movement of Denmark
The National Socialist Movement of Denmark is the ‘official’ neo-nazi party of Denmark. The party enjoys little-to-none support, and is mostly known for violent clashes with the left-wing. It is based in Copenhagen and consists of “Danish men and women who believies their existence is at stake”. Not much need to be said about this party, this quote says adequately: “It is our firm conviction that only National Socialism can secure the existence of life on this planet. If the white race rejects National Socialism, our world will inevitably come to an end. This will be the logical judgement of nature over a humanity which consequently has disregarded its laws.” Read more on their website.
Obviously it is the most anti-Israel and anti-Jewish party in Denmark, but due to the low support the party enjoys, it is barely worth noticing.