| Fokus Fokus |
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| Leader | Christian Hansen |
| Founded | 10 March 2010 |
| Ideology | Green politics, Animal rights/Animal welfare, Social welfare, Regionalism |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament Group | None |
| Official colours | Green, red |
| Folketing |
0 / 179
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| European Parliament |
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| www.partietfokus.dk | |
| Politics of Denmark Political parties Elections |
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Fokus is a political party in Denmark. The party was founded in 2010, originally as a splinter group of the Danish People’s Party (DF), but the politics of Fokus differs from that of DF in quite a number of issues; for example, while DF supports the centre-right government led by Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Fokus supports Helle Thorning-Schmidt of the opposition Social Democrats as their candidate for prime minister.
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The party currently has 1 member of the Danish parliament Folketinget and two members of local city councils, one in Viborg and one in Lejre. The leader of the party is MP Christian Hansen.
The main issues of Fokus are environmental and energy policy and animal welfare. Fokus brands itself as “the greenest party of Denmark”. Another important issue is social welfare, and the party persistently emphasizes the need for more balance everywhere in society, not least between the bigger cities and smaller communities in the countryside, an issue which has become increasingly debated in Denmark since 2010, especially with respect to health policy. Although taking a regionalist stance on many issues, Fokus wants to close down the so-called regions (administrative entities on the level between state and municipalities) and let the state take over the responsibility for hospitals, currently run by these regions. The slogan of Fokus is (in Danish) Frihed Omsorg Kommunikation Udholdenhed Samarbejde (Freedom Care Communication Persistence Cooperation).
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