Danish political parties

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There are four major parties in Denmark: Venstre, Socialdemokraterne, Unity list, and the Socialists.

1 Venstre
2 Socialdemokraterne
3 Unity List
4 Socialists
5 References

[edit] Venstre

Venstre (the Liberal party) is the largest party in Denmark. It formed in 1870 under the name Det Forenede Venstre (The United Left). It upholds freedom of choice as a key principle and supports free market liberalism.^[specify] According to this liberalism, Venstre strives to reduce the size of the public sector and to increase the private sector, which Venstre believes is necessary for eliminating national and foreign debt. Venstre supports Pigovian taxes to make environmental practices attractive to business.

[edit] Socialdemokraterne

Socialdemokraterne (the Social Democrats) espouse democratic socialism. Socially, the Social Democrats advocates freedom of choice, and considers care for the disabled a critical concern. Its political beliefs are mostly in line with Venstre.

[edit] Unity List

Unity List is a democratic socialist party strongly against privatization of the public sector. Unity List's ideology asserts that the welfare of each person is more important than the market. Unity List opposes Denmark’s membership to the EU, considering it neo-liberal and anti-democratic. It also opposes Denmark's involvement in the war in Iraq. Unity List believes international cooperation should be forged on issues of human rights and minimum company taxation.

[edit] Socialists

The Socialists is the major socialist party and believes strongly in addressing poverty. The party believes that Western countries should open their import markets to third world countries, increase foreign aid, and assist third world countries in building strong, stable, democratic states with fair taxation, a strong education and health care system, and a functioning labor rights movement. The Socialists believe in "green transformation", which entails a gradual change from fossil fuels to renewable sources; the program's aim is for 75% of Danish electricity to come from renewable sources, and for energy consumption to decrease by 40% by 2025. The Socialists oppose the war in Iraq.

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