- The third-largest political party in the Danish Parliament with less than a year of existence. Part of the government with 5 ministers. Founded by the former Venstre prime-minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
- Their biggest success is the fact that they managed to bring together Socialdemokratiet and Venstre at the same table and convince them to form a government together.
- Their stance regarding immigration policy makes them not only a friendly party towards internationals, but also one that delivers on their promises to us. Their presence in the government has led to initiatives like lowering the minimum salary for non-European residence permits, reintroducing university places for English-speakers and in general a different attitude towards internationals.
- The party wants to remove symbolic laws like “the handshake act” (having to shake the hand of the mayor to get Danish citizenship), “the jewelry act” (refugees having their jewelry confiscated by the police) and the “face veil ban” (not being able to cover your face in public). They also want to relax the rules regarding obtaining Danish citizenship.
- It is good to remember that the symbolic laws and the “stricter immigration rules” were adopted during the premiership of Lars Lokke when the infamous Inger Støjberg was minister of immigration.
