Common Course
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| Leader | Preben Møller Hansen |
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| Founded | 1986, dissolved 2001 |
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| Ideology | Communism, Anti-EU, Left-wing Populism, Nationalism |
| International affiliation | None |
Common Course (Danish: Fælles Kurs) was a political party in Denmark, which held 4 seats in the Danish parliament Folketinget 1987-1988. It was officially formed in 1986, but it was built on several fractions of the Communist Party of Denmark emerging in 1979 already. The party leader was Preben Møller Hansen, leader of the Danish sailors' organization, who was excluded from the Communist Party of Denmark in 1979. He was known for his outspoken way of expressing himself, using a lot of swearwords, generalizations and anti-elitist statements. The party itself gathered both communists and left-wing socialists, united in an inveterate struggle against EU membership. Its official immigration policy was quite restrictive, contrary to other parties on the left. It actively supported communist regimes in the Soviet Union and Cuba (later also North Korea) and colonel Gadaffi in Libya and was a collective member of organizations supporting these regimes.
At the elections in 1988, the party achieved 1.9% of the votes, thereby failing to pass the 2% threshold. In an attempt to regain parliamentary representation, Common Course started cooperating with Mogens Glistrup's right-wing Prosperity Party, causing many members to flee. The attempt failed, the party was dissolved in 2001, and members were recommended to join the Communist Party of Denmark instead (member of the Red-Green Alliance since 1991).
Current deputy Line Barfod (Red-Green Alliance) is a former member of Common Course and was chairperson of its youth wing 1984-1985 (before the actual formation of the party).
