New Right (Denmark)

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New Right
Nye Borgerlige
LeaderPernille Vermund
Founded19 October 2015; 6 years ago (2015-10-19)
Split fromConservative People's Party
Danish People's Party
Membership (2021)18,000 (2021)[1]
IdeologyConservatism[2]
National conservatism[2]
Economic liberalism[3][4]
Danish nationalism[5]
Hard Euroscepticism[3][4]
Anti-immigration[3][4]
Anti-Islam[3]
Political positionRight-wing[6][7] to far-right[3]
Colors  Teal
Folketing
4 / 179
Municipal councils
64 / 2,436
Election symbol
D
Website
nyeborgerlige.dk

The New Right (Danish: Nye Borgerlige) is a right-wing political party in Denmark founded in 2015 and represented in the Folketing since 2019.

The party's name includes the plural of the Danish word borgerlig which literally translates to 'civic', derived from borger meaning 'citizen'. It is the usual Danish term for non-socialist parties in general, and the country's right-of-centre parties in particular. As a Marxist term, the word has the meaning 'bourgeoise'. Imperfect translations include 'right-wing', 'conservative', 'civic' or 'bourgeoise'. Thus, alternative translations of the party name would be New Conservatives, New Civic Party and similar.

History[]

The party was founded in 2015 by two former members of the Conservative People's Party, Pernille Vermund and Peter Seier Christensen. After the establishment of the party, municipal council members in several municipalities switched from their original parties to the New Right.[8] Most of these were lost in the Danish local elections of 2017, where the party only gained a seat on the municipal council in Hillerød.[9]

On 21 September 2016, the party announced that it had gathered the 20,109 signatures required to run for the next general election. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Social Affairs on 6 October.[10]

Positions[]

The party criticises the immigration policies of the right-wing populist Danish People's Party (DF) as being "too lenient". The New Right wants Denmark to step out of the UN refugee convention and to deport all immigrants who live on temporary residence or are not able to support themselves.[11] Only foreigners directly allotted to Denmark by UN refugee agencies should be granted asylum. Danish citizenship should be restricted to people who "contribute positively" to society. Moreover, the party wants to completely ban the Islamic headscarf from schools and public institutions.[3]

Its economic policies are libertarian (unlike the economically "social democratic" DF), calling for tax cuts and the abolishment of all corporate taxes.[3] Moreover, the New Right want Denmark to leave the European Union, which they consider a "monstrosity of rules and laws", threatening "Denmark’s prosperity, progress and democracy".[4] They also want laws in general to be fewer in number.[12]

Observers place the party further to the right than DF,[3][11] whose voters the New Right mainly target, according to a Gallup poll.[13]

In the 2019 Danish general election, the Progress Party supported the New Right because they "have taken over the Progress Party's old messages".[14]

Election results[]

Parliament (Folketing)[]

Election Votes % Seats +/– Government
2019 83,228 2.4 (#9)
4 / 179
 New Opposition

Local elections[]

Municipal elections
Date Seats
# ±
2017
1 / 2,432
 New
2021
64 / 2,436
 Increase 63
 
Regional elections
Date Seats
# ±
2017
0 / 205
 New
2021
8 / 205
 Increase 8

References[]

  1. ^ Pernille Vermund, Facebook, November 20th november 2021
  2. ^ a b "Den konservative højrefløj er gået i udbrud". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). 10 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Meet Denmark's new anti-Islam, anti-immigration, anti-tax party". Politico. 6 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "Meet Denmark's new anti-immigration party". The Local. 22 September 2017.
  5. ^ "41-Year-Old Woman May Become Youngest Ever Danish Prime Minister". Bloomberg. 5 June 2019.
  6. ^ "New Danish right-wing party on the horizon". Copenhagen Post. 24 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Denmark: Economic and Political Overview - The political framework of Denmark". Nordetrade.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. ^ dr.dk "Her er Nye Borgerlige allerede repræsenteret."
  9. ^ Nye Borgerlige er kun valgt ind i Hillerød Kommune. TV2 Lorry.
  10. ^ dr.dk "Nye Borgerlige kan stille op til næste valg"
  11. ^ a b "New Danish right-wing party on the horizon". CPH Post Online. 24 May 2016.
  12. ^ nyeborgerlige.dk. "We want fewer laws and rules (...) We want to (...) [a]bolish more laws than are passed". Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  13. ^ "Nye Borgerlige høster vælgere fra Dansk Folkeparti". Berlingske. 12 November 2016.
  14. ^ Andersen, Stine Agnholt (2 Oct 2016). "Fremskridtspartiet overlader scenen til Nye Borgerlige". TV Midtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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