Moderates (Denmark)

The Moderates (Danish: Moderaterne) is a Danish political party founded by former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.[1] He announced the name in a constitutional speech on 5 June 2021. At the same time, he said that his main scenario was that the party would be formed after the 2021 local elections.[2][3]

Moderates
Moderaterne
ChairmanLars Løkke Rasmussen
Founded16 January 2022 (2022-01-16)
Split fromVenstre
HeadquartersLyskær 8, 2730 Herlev
Think tankDet Politiske Mødested
IdeologyLiberalism
Reformism
Pragmatism
Third Way
Political positionCentre to centre-right
Folketing
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Website
moderaterne.dk

According to Løkke Rasmussen, the party must be a centre-oriented party that has the ambition to create "progress and change in a crossroads between a blue bloc that is tormented by value politics and a red bloc that is stuck in a past view of individual and state".[4]

The party began collecting voting declarations in June 2021. On 15 September 2021 Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced that they had received the 20,182 signatures needed to be eligible to stand in the next Danish general election.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Lars Løkke: Mit nye parti skal hedde Moderaterne". Politiken. June 5, 2021.
  2. Winther, Bent (June 5, 2021). "Løkke tænkte på svenske Reinfeldt og danske Nyborg og kastede sig ud i det". Berlingske.dk.
  3. "Nu er det officielt: Lars Løkke stifter nyt parti ved navn Moderaterne". jyllands-posten.dk. June 5, 2021.
  4. "Lars Løkke bekræfter nyt parti - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk. April 10, 2021.
  5. "Løkkes parti tager stormskridt mod stemmesedlen". TV 2 (in Danish). 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Moderaterne". Vælgererklæring. September 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Løkkes nye parti klar til stemmesedlen: Afviser ikke statsministerposten". Dr.dk. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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