Det Radikale Venstre
Leader	Søren Bald
Founded	1905
Headquarters	Christiansborg 1240 København K
Political ideology	Social Liberalism
International affiliation	Liberal International
Website	http://www.radikale.dk

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. This work is copyrighted. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Christiansborg Palace Christiansborg Palace Christiansborg Palace at night Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen is the home of Denmarks three supreme powers: the royal power, the legislative power, and the judicial power. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the name of the capital in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish   IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,211,542 (2006)), at present made up of 16 municipalities. ... Social liberalism is either a synonym for new liberalism or a label used by progressive liberal parties in order to differentiate themselves from the more conservative liberal parties, especially when there are two or more liberal parties in a country. ... Liberal International is a political international for international liberal parties. ... Social liberalism is either a synonym for new liberalism or a label used by progressive liberal parties in order to differentiate themselves from the more conservative liberal parties, especially when there are two or more liberal parties in a country. ...

Origin and alliances

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 liberal Venstre Reform Party. 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. Liberal International is a political international for international liberal parties. ... The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Venstre (in Danish literally: Left) is the biggest political party in Denmark, ideologically based on free market Liberalism, now a right-of-centre party. ... Venstre (in Danish literally: Left) is the biggest political party in Denmark, ideologically based on free market Liberalism, now a right-of-centre party. ... Venstre (sometimes referred to as the Liberal Party of Norway in international context) is a liberal party in Norway, subscribing to social-liberalism. ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... Socialism is a class of ideologies favouring a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ...

Electoral record

The party president is Søren Bald and it has seventeen members of parliament. By far the most prominent member, however, is parliament group leader and spokesperson Marianne Jelved, former vice prime minister and minister of economic affairs. The party is currently in opposition. See Also: Politics of Denmark Danish parliamentary election, 2001 Categories: Danish stubs | 1943 births | Danish politicians ...

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. Legislative elections were held in Denmark on February 8, 2005. ... The Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also known as Venstre) is a major free market liberal party in Denmark. ...

Lately the party has been inspired by Richard Florida's book "The rise of the Creative Class". The party have also released their own book/political program called "Det kreative Danmark" (The Creative Denmark). Richard Florida is an American economist at Carnegie Mellon University and George Mason University. ...

Current issues high on the agenda for the party are:

- a strong opposition to the tight immigration policies of the current government, particularly the 24 year rule (that prohibits danish citizens from living with a spouse with foreign citizenship if either is under the age of 24).

- Opposition to the educational policies of the current government, which according to the party stresses centralization, nationalized testing and old-fashioned educational ideas over creativeness, teachers methodical freedom and personal development.

- A major tax reform, which should simplify the tax system in such a way that income taxes will be reduced in favour of more green taxes, less tax deductions and higher taxes on property. The point of this is to make working more attractive and the hiring of service workers more attractive. This implies that the party is also strongly opposed to the current governments "tax-stop" ("skattestop"), which prohibits any taxincreases and hereby renders a tax reform impossible.

Wikipedia biographies

• Marianne Jelved
• Naser Khader

See Also: Politics of Denmark Danish parliamentary election, 2001 Categories: Danish stubs | 1943 births | Danish politicians ... Naser Khader Naser Khader (born July 1, 1963 in Damascus, Syria) is a member of the Parliament of Denmark for Radikale Venstre. ...

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism and radicalism in Denmark
• Radikal Ungdom the youth wing of the party

Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political current in specific regions and countries. ... This is an overview of parties that adhere more or less (explicitly) to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... This article gives an overview of liberalism in Denmark. ... RU logo Radikal Ungdom af 1994 (Literally: Radical Youth of 1994), the youth wing of the Danish political party Det Radikale Venstre. ...

External links

• Det Radikale Venstre official site
• English summary
• Web site of the party's youth organisation (mainly in Danish)