The Left in the European Parliament –GUE/NGL is a political group of the European Parliament established in 1995,and is composed of left-wing and far-left members. Before January 2021,it was named the European United Left/Nordic Green Left.
The Socialist People's Party is a green,popular socialist political party in Denmark.
The Red–Green Alliance or Unity List is an eco-socialist political party in Denmark. It is the furthest left-wing party in the Folketing,the Danish parliament,advocating for socialist democracy in Denmark and internationally.
Margrete Helle Auken is a Danish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2004. She is a member of the Socialistisk Folkeparti,part of the European Green Party. She was also formerly a Member of the Folketing.
Bendt Bendtsen is a Danish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. He was the leader of the Conservative People's Party from 1999 to 2008,and served as Minister of Economic and Business Affairs. As a MEP,he was part of the European People's Party.
Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. Since 2019 she has served as Minister of Children and Education. She was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. She had previously been a member of parliament from 2001 to 2007 as a member of the Red-Green Alliance. From 2011 to 2014,she was the spokesperson on climate and energy for the Social Democrats.
Left Unity was a communist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994.
The Confederal Group of the European United Left was a socialist and communist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1994 and 1995.
Emilie Turunen is a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She was elected to represent the Danish constituency in the 2009 European election as a member of the Socialistisk Folkeparti and the European Green Party. She later switched party affiliation to the Social Democrats and the Party of European Socialists.
Morten Helveg Petersen is a Danish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. He is a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party,which is affiliated to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party,and sits in the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament. He was elected to the European Parliament in 2014 and 2019 and served as member of the Folketing 1998–2009.
Kira Marie Peter-Hansen is a Danish politician. She is a Socialist People's Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) elected in the 2019 European parliamentary election. Peter-Hansen is the youngest ever MEP.
Pernille Weiss is a Danish politician,and businesswoman who was elected as a Conservative People's Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election in Denmark. She is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Archimed,a healthcare and architectural consultancy.
Ann Pernille Vermund Tvede is a Danish politician known for co-founding and leading the national-conservative political party The New Right. She was previously affiliated with the Conservative People's Party. She is currently a member of the Folketing,having been elected in the 2019 Danish general election.
Pernille Skipper is a Danish politician. She is a member of the Folketing,and was political spokesperson for the Red-Green Alliance from 2016 to 2021,succeeding Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen. In 2021 she was replaced by Mai Villadsen.
Copenhagen is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing,the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Copenhagen,Dragør,Frederiksberg and Tårnby. The constituency currently elects 16 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 538,346 registered electors.
North Zealand is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing,the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Allerød,Egedal,Fredensborg,Frederikssund,Furesø,Gribskov,Halsnæs,Helsingør,Hillerød,Hørsholm and Rudersdal. The constituency currently elects 10 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 335,601 registered electors.
Funen is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing,the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Ærø,Assens,Faaborg-Midtfyn,Kerteminde,Langeland,Middelfart,Nordfyn,Nyborg,Odense and Svendborg. The constituency currently elects 12 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 374,322 registered electors.
East Jutland is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing,the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Aarhus,Favrskov,Hedensted,Horsens,Norddjurs,Odder,Randers,Samsø,Skanderborg and Syddjurs. The constituency currently elects 18 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 584,347 registered electors.
North Jutland is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing,the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Aalborg,Brønderslev,Frederikshavn,Hjørring,Jammerbugt,Læsø,Mariagerfjord,Morsø,Rebild,Thisted and Vesthimmerland. The constituency currently elects 15 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 444,951 registered electors.
Aase Olesen was an Danish politician for the Danish Social Liberal Party and teacher. She worked as a teacher at Hørsholm Municipal School before joining the Danish Social Liberal Party in 1967. Olesen was elected to the Folketing from October 1974 to December 1990 and was appointed Minister of Social Affairs in the government of Poul Schlüter between June 1988 and December 1990. She was chair of a social committee established by Schlüter in 1991 and whose recommendations were implemented into Danish social policy law in 1993. From 1984 to 1988,she was a member of the Nordic Council.
