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20-495: 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 ("Left"). The party was a part of the coalition government during 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

40-528: A centre-right alliance, working most closely with the liberal Venstre and somewhat less closely with the right-wing populist Danish People's Party . The Conservative People's Party cooperated with the Social Liberal Party during its time in power in the 1980s, and also with the centre-left government under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in the 1990s. The party's current purpose clause states: "The Conservative People's Party aims to gather everyone who joins

60-532: A dark-green screen with the letter "C" that is coloured green; the "Konservative" wordmark is placed below the symbol, though it too is also coloured green. The member is currently Bendt Bendtsen , who is a member of the EPP Group in the European Parliament . In the 2014 European election , the party garnered 9.1% of the national vote, retaining Bendtsen's seat as MEP. In the 2011 parliamentary election for

80-562: A separate faction. The tax reform proposal, which 'the eight' and Venstre had agreed upon, was adopted by Folketinget in 1900. However, in Landstinget Højre launched a counterproposal. As a result, 'the eight' broke away from Højre and formed a separate party with nine Landsting members. Informally, the name of the new party was 'the Free Conservatives'. The name was formally adopted by the party in 1902. Between 1901 and 1912,

100-549: The Folketing (Danish national parliament), the Conservative People's Party won eight seats, 10 fewer than it had won in the previous election in 2007 , and it received 4.9% of the vote, placing the party in eighth place nationally. On 27 September 2013, the Conservative People's Party received the current version of its logo: the colour of the letter "C" was changed to white, the circle-square retained its dark-green colour, and

120-571: The Tamil Case , when the Justice Minister, Erik Ninn-Hansen (himself a former Conservative leader), was impeached. The party used its first logo in 1950, consisting of the serif-letter "C" coloured green. On 24 August 2000, the Conservative People's Party rebranded itself as the Conservatives, and at the same time retired its 50-year-old green serif-letter "C" logo, thus launching a new logo for

140-543: The Conservative People's Party, albeit an independent organisation, is Young Conservatives , the earliest formed youth organisation in Denmark, founded in December 1904, and believed to be one of the oldest in the world, preceding the Conservative People's Party by 10 years. The student branch is Conservative Students , likewise an independent organisation, which has branches at all Danish Universities. The party remains committed to

160-453: The Free Conservatives had considerable influence over the policies of the Venstre governments. The party was able to bar universal suffrage to be introduced in the amt council elections. The party was also participant in the fall of Peter Adler Alberti in 1908. However, in 1912 Venstre presented a proposal for a democratic constitution for Denmark. This caused a split between Venstre and

180-624: The Free Conservatives. After the new constitution was introduced in 1915, the Free Conservatives reunified with Højre , forming the Conservative People's Party . Internal disagreements in the Conservative People's Party resulted in the Free Conservatives being restored in 1917 but they lost their last seat in Landstinget in 1920. Conservative Students (Denmark) [REDACTED] You can help expand this article with text translated from

200-407: The circle-squared line was removed from it. At the same time, the party gave up being known as the Conservatives, reverting to its former name as the Conservative People's Party. At the 2015 election , the party did badly and was reduced to a mere six seats, which made it the smallest party in the Folketing . But Søren Pape Poulsen (who had taken over as leader the previous year) managed to double

220-601: The corresponding article in Danish . (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate , is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify

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240-439: The first time since 1950. The new logo was a circle which contains a chartreuse circle with the letter "C". From the 2001 parliament elections until 2011, the Conservative People's Party was the junior partner in a coalition government led by Venstre . In the 2004 European parliament elections , the party won a seat. Four months later, on 23 October 2004, it adopted a logo consisting of a green circle-squared box that contains

260-697: The party supports economic cooperation with the European Union to aid Denmark's economic growth and keep peace in Europe, but maintains the EU must also respect the right to national identity and calls for a less centralized EU in which member states can maintain sovereignty over their national, regional and local decision making powers. The party also highlights environmentalism as one of its core philosophies in accordance to green conservatism . Free Conservatives The Free Conservatives ( Danish : De Frikonservative )

280-522: The party's program and to work for the spread of conservative views." The party has named Edmund Burke as one of its intellectual sources. The Conservative People's Party presently advocates individual freedom and responsibility, a free market economy , respecting private property, the importance of community for the individual, modernization of the public sector, decentralization , ensuring up-to-date military defense, and an emphasis on protecting Denmark's national history and traditions. In foreign policy,

300-449: The party's seats to 12 in the 2019 election with 6.6% of the vote. After that election, several opinion polls indicated that the party enjoyed wider popular support than Venstre, but at the 2022 election gained just 5.5%, following an election campaign significantly influenced by affairs concerning Pape Poulsen's personal life. Poulsen died suddenly at the age of 52 on 2 March 2024, leaving the party leadership vacant. The youth branch of

320-455: The political line of the main conservative party Højre under the leadership of Jacob Estrup . The Free Conservatives worked for unity between Folketinget and Landstinget . The founders of the Free Conservatives, originally eight Landsting members from Højre , had tried to forge unity between the moderate sectors of Højre and Venstre around a new tax reform. The plans of a new unified party failed, and 'the eight' came to function as

340-431: The resistance movement, some conservatives were sympathetic to fascist ideology, and the youth wing of the party praised several fascist movements in Europe during the 1930s. Since World War II, the party has participated in several coalition governments , but only one Prime Minister of Denmark , Poul Schlüter , has come from this party; he served as prime minister from 1982 to 1993. His government had to resign after

360-721: The template {{Translated|da|Konservative Studerende}} to the talk page . For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation . Conservative Students of Denmark Konservative Studerende [REDACTED] Chairman Magnus Von Dreiager Founded 1964 Headquarters Christiansborg 1240 København K Ideology Conservatism Neoliberalism Thatcherism Mother party Conservative People's Party International affiliation International Young Democrat Union European affiliation European Democrat Students (EDS) Website www.konservativestuderende.dk Conservative Students ( Danish : Konservative Studerende )

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400-473: Was a political party in Denmark , with significant influence in the political life of the country in the early 20th century, especially during the J. C. Christensen cabinet. The main leader of the party was Count Mogens Frijs-Frijsenborg . Other prominent figures were Tage Reedtz-Thott , Hans Nicolai Hansen and Christian Michael Rottbøll . The party opposed socialism but it founders could not reconcile with

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