Radikale Venstre
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Danish Social Liberal Party
Radikale Venstre |
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| Leader | Morten Østergaard |
| Chairman | Svend Thorhauge |
| Parliamentary Group Leader | Marianne Jelved |
| Founded | 21 May 1905 |
| Headquarters |
Christiansborg 1240 København K, Denmark |
| Newspaper | Radikal Politik |
| Youth wing | Radikal Ungdom |
| Ideology |
Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism Centrism |
| Political position |
Centre to Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| European Parliament group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Colours | Magenta, blue |
| Folketing: |
8 / 179
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| European Parliament: |
2 / 13
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| Regions: |
7 / 205
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| Municipalities: |
62 / 2,444
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| Election symbol | |
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| Website | |
| radikale.dk | |
The Danish Social Liberal Party (Danish: Radikale Venstre, "Radical Left", i.e. "Radical Liberal Party") is a social-liberalpolitical party in Denmark. The party is a member of Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).
The party was founded in 1905 as a split from the liberal Venstre Reform Party. The initial impetus was the expulsion of Venstre's antimilitarist wing from the party in January 1905. The expelled members held a founding conference for the new party in Odense, on 21 May 1905. In addition to the differences over military spending, the social liberals also took a more positive view than Venstre towards measures that aimed to reduce social inequality. The party also became the political leg of the cultural radical movement. The party was cautiously open to aspects of the welfare state, and also advocated reforms to improve the position of smallholders, an important early group of supporters. The party's social-liberal ideals are said to have been inspired by the political economists Henry George and John Stuart Mill.
The literal translation radical left is nowadays somewhat misleading, as the party is traditionally described as being in the centre of the left-right political scale. The use of the word for "left" in the name of the former parent party Venstre and the Norwegian party Venstre is meant to refer to liberalism and not left-wing politics. Venstre originally was to the left of the conservative and right.
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