Danish Social Liberal Party
Det Radikale Venstre (literally: The Radical Left, but officially translated by the party as Danish Social Liberal Party), is a social liberal party in Denmark.
Origin and alliances
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The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. It was founded in 1905 as a split from the Left (liberals). The literal translation radical left is nowadays somewhat misleading, as the party is traditionally described as being in the center of the Danish left-right political scale. The use of the word for "left" in the name of the mother party Venstre and the Norwegian party Venstre is also meant to refer to Liberalism and not Socialism.
Electoral record
The party president is Søren Bald and it has seventeen members of parliament. The parliament group is led by Marianne Jelved, former vice prime minister and minister of economic affairs. The party is currently in opposition.
The party performed well at the 2005 elections, adding 8 seats to its group. It now has 17 seats with 9.2 % of the popular vote. The party remains in opposition to the right-wing coalition, led by the Liberal Party.
Lately the party has been inspired by Richard Florida's book "The rise of the Creative Class". The party have also created their own book called "Det Kreative Danmark".
See also
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism and radicalism in Denmark
External links
- Det Radikale Venstre official site
- English summary
- Web site of the party's youth organisation (mainly in Danish)
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