Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)
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| Enhedslisten | |
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| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Studiestræde 24, 1 1455 København K |
| Political ideology | Socialism, Leftist |
| International affiliation | European Anticapitalist Left |
| Website | http://enhedslisten.dk |
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The Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten, lit. Unity List) is a left-wing political party in Denmark. The party was formed as an electoral alliance in 1989 by three left-wing parties, Left Socialists (VS), Communist Party of Denmark (DKP) and Socialist Workers Party (SAP). All these three parties maintain separate structures within Enhedlisten. A fourth party, the Communist Workers Party (KAP), joined Enhedslisten in 1991. One year earlier the entrance of KAP was vetoed by DKP. KAP was dissolved in 1994.
Enhedslisten has since developed into an independent party based on individual membership. The founding parties have no official say within Enhedslisten. A majority of its currents members don't have a past in one of the founding parties. The party cooperates closely with the Socialist Youth Front.
The party entered Folketinget, the Danish parliament, for the first time in 1994. The party is generally considered the left-most party in parliament. In the 2005 Danish parliamentary elections got 114.123 votes (3,4%) and has 6 out of 179 seats, making it one of the minor political parties. The party has never been part of a Danish government. Its current deputies are Jørgen Arbo-Bæhr, Line Barfod, Per Clausen, Rune Lund, Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil and Frank Aaen.
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[edit] Policy
The party's objects clause may be summarized as:
- Create a socialist democracy in Denmark and internationally;
- Unite left-wing cooperation and left-wing representation in the Danish Parliament.
Key issues for the party are to:
- Strengthen personal freedom through increased equality and expansion of democracy;
- Work for good job settings, education, social security, and ecological reorganization;
- Create a global, grass-roots alliance against exploitation and suppression of the poor.
The party opposes Danish membership of the European Union and NATO.
[edit] Organization
A unique organizational feature is that the party has no chairman, but is lead by an executive committee consisting of 21 members. Also: The members of Parliament pay a part of their parliamentary salary to the party, such that their net income is comparable to a skilled worker.
The party cooperates with a number of international organizations, including The European Anticapitalist Left (EACL), The European Alliance of EU-critical Movements (TEAM), and The New European Left Forum (NELF), and is an observer to the Party of the European Left
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| Political Parties in Denmark | |
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| Represented in the Folketing: |
Venstre (52) | Social Democrats (47) | Danish People's Party (24) | Conservative People's Party (18) | Danish Social Liberal Party (17) | Socialist People's Party (11) | Red-Green Alliance (6) | Siumut (Greenland) (1) | Inuit Ataqatigiit (Greenland) (1) | Republican Party (Faroe Islands) (1) | People's Party (Faroe Islands) (1) |
| Represented in the European Parliament: |
Social Democrats (5) | Venstre (3) | Danish People's Party (1) | Conservative People's Party (1) | Danish Social Liberal Party (1) | Socialist People's Party (1) | June Movement (1) | People's Movement against the EU (1) |
