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Parliament Of Denmark
The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Established in 1849, the Folketing was the lower house of the bicameral parliament called the Rigsdag until 1953; the upper house was the Landsting. The Folketing meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen. It passes all laws, approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts. As set out in the Constitution of Denmark, the Folketing shares power with the reigning monarch. But in practice, the monarch's role is limited to signing laws passed by the legislature; this must be done within 30 days of adoption. The Folketing consists of 179 members; including two from Greenland and two from the Faro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The Folketing, 2022–present
This is a list of the 179 Member of the Folketing, members of the Parliament of Denmark, Folketing in the 2022 session. They were elected at the 2022 Danish general election. Election results Seat distribution Below is the distribution of the 179 seats as it appeared after the 2022 election, as well as the current distribution. Parliament members elected at the November 2022 election The list of new or re-elected parliament members. Party and member changes after the November 2022 elections Party changes Below are all parliament members that have joined another party or become independent during the term. Lasting member changes Below are member changes that will last through the entire term. Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of members of the Folketing, 2022-present Lists of members of the Folketing, 2022-2026 Lists of current national legislators, Denmark Members of the Folketing 2022–2026, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Falkenberg
Anna Falkenberg (born 4 January 1996) is a Faroese politician who has been serving as Member of the Folketing for the Union Party since 1 November 2022 where she was elected as part of the 2022 Danish general election. Falkenberg is the second ever Faroese woman to be elected to the Danish parliament. Career and education Falkenberg graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a Master's degree in political science. Falkenberg began her career in 2019 as a political advisor to her grandfather and Member of the Folketing Edmund Joensen. In November 2022, she replaced Joensen, who did not stand, as Member of the Folketing for the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ... after receiving 2,973 personal votes in the 2022 Danish general election. She h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red–Green Alliance (Denmark)
The Red–Green Alliance or Unity List (, , EL) is an Eco-socialism, eco-socialist List of political parties in Denmark, political party in Denmark. It was founded in 1989 with the merger of three Marxism, Marxist parties and is the most left-wing party in the Folketing, where it advocates for the expansion of the welfare state and social justice as well as the socialism, socialist transformation of Denmark and the entire globe. During the 2021 Copenhagen City Council election the party placed first, with 24.6% of the votes. The party is also active in various trade unions within Denmark. Ideological position The party describes itself as a democratic and socialist grassroots party, which represents green politics, among the Danish peace movement, peace, civil and political rights, and Labour movement, labour movements. The party's ideological position is set out in a manifesto from 2014. It proposes that a socialistic society of the future "neither can nor should be described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
The Conservative People's Party (, DKF), also known as The Conservatives () is a Centre-right politics, centre-right List of political parties in Denmark, political party in Denmark. The party is a member of the International Democracy Union and the European People's Party. History The party was founded in 1916 based mostly on its predecessor, ''Højre'' ("Right") after its downfall, but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of the liberal party Venstre (Denmark), ''Venstre'' ("Left"). The party was a part of the coalition government during Denmark in World War II, World War II, where the leader John Christmas Møller provided the voice for BBC London's daily radio to Denmark. However, while a number of conservatives participated in the resistance movement, some conservatives were sympathetic to Fascism, fascist ideology, and the Young Conservatives (Denmark), youth wing of the party praised several fascist movements in Europe during the 1930s. Since World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opposition (politics)
In politics, the opposition comprises one or more political parties or other organized groups that are opposed to the government (or, in American English, the administration), party or group in political control of a city, region, state, country or other political body. The degree of opposition varies according to political conditions. For example, in authoritarian and democratic systems, opposition may be respectively repressed or desired. Members of an opposition generally serve as antagonists to the other parties. Scholarship focusing on opposition politics did not become popular or sophisticated until the mid-20th century. Recent studies have found that popular unrest regarding the economy and quality of life can be used by political opposition to mobilize and to demand change. Scholars have debated whether political opposition can benefit from political instability and economic crises, while some conclude the opposite. Case studies in Jordan align with mainstream though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Stephensen
Jon Stephensen (born 24 December 1959) is a Danish architect, journalist, former theatre director, scenographer and politician and Member of the Folketing for Greater Copenhagen. Alongside sixteen other members of The Moderates, Stephensen was elected to the Folketing in November 2022. He was his party's spokesperson on culture and foreign affairs before he left the Moderates in August 2023 over various accusations and forgeries. References See also * List of members of the Folketing, 2022–present This is a list of the 179 Member of the Folketing, members of the Parliament of Denmark, Folketing in the 2022 session. They were elected at the 2022 Danish general election. Election results Seat distribution Below is the distribution o ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephensen, Jon 1959 births Living people Politicians from Copenhagen Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 Moderates (Denmark) politicians Danish architects Danish journalists Danish theatre directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are full Danish nationality law, citizens of Denmark and European Union citizenship, of the European Union. Greenland is one of the Special territories of members of the European Economic Area#Overseas countries and territories, Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union and is part of the Council of Europe. It is the List of islands by area, world's largest island, and lies between the Arctic Ocean, Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Arctic Archipelago, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the location of the northernmost point of land in the world; Kaffeklubben Island off the northern coast is the world's Northernmost point of land, northernmost undisputed point of land—Cape Morris Jesup on the mainland was thought to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam
Aki-Matilda Tilia Ditte Høegh-Dam (born 17 October 1996) is a Greenlandic pro-independence politician who currently serves in the Folketing and concurrently in the Inatsisartut. She was elected to the Folketing during the 2019 Danish general election at the age of 22, becoming its youngest member. Previously a member of Siumut, she is now a member of Naleraq. Early life Born on 17 October 1996 in Hillerød, Aki-Matilda Tilia Ditte Høegh-Dam is the daughter of Kim Høegh-Dam, a fisherman and seaman, and Bitten Høegh-Dam, a schoolteacher. The youngest child in the family, she has two brothers and two half-sisters on her father's side. She is half Danish and half Greenlandic with two Danish and two ethnically Greenlandic grandparents. She was brought up in Sisimiut on Greenland's west coast. When she was 15, as a volunteer in Nakuusa (UNICEF's project in support of Greenlandic children), she went on a trip around Greenland's coast during which she discussed politics with a fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naleraq
Naleraq (), previously known as Partii Naleraq, is a centrist-populist pro-independence political party in Greenland. The party favors greater cooperation with the United States. While parties such as Inuit Ataqatigiit and Siumut also favor independence, Naleraq is seen as advocating for more immediate independence, and promised in the lead-up to the 2025 elections to hold a referendum on the issue. History In January 2014 Hans Enoksen announced that he was forming a new political party after leaving Siumut. In the November 2014 general election the party won three seats, taken by Enoksen, Per Rosing-Petersen (another former Siumut member) and Anthon Frederiksen (a former Association of Candidates member). In the April 2018 general election the party increased its vote share and won four seats in parliament. In May 2018 MP Henrik Fleischer left the party and switched to Siumut. On 15 February 2021 the party changed its name and logo. In June 2022 Hans Enoksen resigned a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaja Chemnitz Larsen
Aaja Chemnitz Arnatsiaq Larsen (born 2 December 1977) is a Greenlandic politician, who is a member of the Danish Folketing for the Inuit Ataqatigiit, representing one of the two parliament seats for Greenland. Education and civil career Aaja Chemnitz Larsen studied Master of Science ( MSc) in Business Economics and Auditing at the University of Greenland and has an Executive management degree from INSEAD. Aaja has since the election to Inatsisartut (Greenlandic parliament) in November 2014 been a member of Inatsisartut which she took a leave from due to the work at the Folketing. In the period from 2012 to 2015 she was Greenland's children spokesman for MIO – National Advocacy for Children's Rights in Greenland. In the period 2009-2012 has she was the director of the Welfare Department in Municipality of Sermersooq and been head of the social department in the years 2007–2009. Right until 2009 she was employed as an Associate Expert of the United Nations in New York City in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inuit Ataqatigiit
Inuit Ataqatigiit (, old spelling: , , , IA) is a democratic socialist, Greenlandic independence, pro-independence political party in Greenland. It is represented in the Folketing (the Danish parliament) by Aaja Chemnitz Larsen. Múte B. Egede has been the party's leader since December 2018. History The party was founded as a political organisation in 1976, born out of the increased youth Political radicalism, radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s. In 1982, the party successfully campaigned in a 1982 Greenlandic European Communities membership referendum, national referendum for Greenland to leave the European Economic Community (EEC). Inuit Ataqatigiit made a major electoral breakthrough in the 2009 Greenlandic parliamentary election. Making gains from the 2005 Greenlandic parliamentary election, it doubled its total number of seats in the Parliament from seven to 14 seats out of 31, just two seats short of a majority, and nearly doubled its total vote share from 22.4% to 43 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
