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Political party in Denmark

The Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre , RV) is a social liberalrefn|

Historically, the centrist party has played a central role in Danish politics and has supported governments on both sides of the political spectrum, as co operation is a primary belief of the party. A pro European party, it is a member of Liberal International and the ALDE, and has two MEPs in the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.

The party was founded in 1905 as a split from the 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. Until 1936 party was member of the International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties. The first Social Liberal Cabinet was formed in 1909 with Carl Theodor Zahle serving as Prime Minister (1909–1910). From 1913 to 1920, Zahle led the second Social Liberal Cabinet with the Social Democrats serving as parliamentary support, keeping Denmark neutral during World War I. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the party served as coalition partners along with the Social Democrats, led by Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning, and managed to lead the country through the recession by implementing far reaching social reforms. The strategy proved unpopular both among voters and within the party itself. On 7 May 2007 MP Naser Khader and MEP Anders Samuelsen left the party and formed the New Alliance, known today as the Liberal Alliance, along with Conservative MEP Gitte Seeberg. Vestager clarified during the run up to the 2007 general election that her party would only be supporting a government led by the Social Democrats. Still, the party only won 5.1% of the vote. At the subsequent 2011 general elections, the party support rose to 9.5% and regained 8 seats to resume a total of 17. Together with the Social Democrats and the Socialist People's Party, they formed a three way government coalition. On 31 August 2014, Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt nominated Margrethe Vestager as Denmark's EU Commissioner, resulting in her resignation as party leader. The party's parliamentary group subsequently elected Morten Østergaard as new leader. At the 2015 general elections, the party lost 9 out of 17 seats and was reduced to 4.6%. The party lost a share of its voters to the newly formed The Alternative, a Green political party formed by former member of the party Uffe Elbæk. At the 2019 general elections, the party rose to 8.6% of the vote, doubling its number of seats to 16. Østergaard stated that he would support a government led by the Social Democrats only if changes would be made to the previous government's strict immigration policies. On 7 October 2020 Morten Østergaard stepped down as leader of the party following allegations of sexual harassment from within the party. Sofie Carsten Nielsen was elected new leader the same day. Nielsen resigned on 2 November 2022 following the loss of 9 out of 16 seats in the 2022 Danish general election. The Social Liberal Party had instigated the election by threatening a vote of no confidence against Mette Frederiksen's government in July 2022 due to the 2020 Danish mink cull. One day later, Martin Lidegaard became leader of the party.

The Danish Social Liberal Party has traditionally kept itself in the centre of the political scale. Since the early 1990s, though, it has primarily cooperated with the Social Democrats. Internationally, the party has cooperated with the Swedish Centre Party and Liberals, the Norwegian Venstre party, the Dutch Democrats 66 and the British Liberal Democrats.

The literal translation of the party's name Radical Left refers to its origin as the historically radical wing of its parent party Venstre (Left). In a modern context, this literal translation is somewhat misleading, as the party is considered to be centrist in the Danish political spectrum. The use of Left in the name of the party, as with the Norwegian party Venstre, is meant to refer to liberalism and not modern left wing politics. The Danish Venstre was originally to the left of the conservative and aristocratic right wing party Højre, whose name meant Right.

Election Votes % Seats +/– Government 1906 38,151 12.6 (#4) 9 1909 50,305 15.5 (#4) 6 1910 64,884 18.6 (#3) 5 1913 67,903 18.7 (#3) 11 1915 677 5.3 (#3) 1 1918 189,521 20.7 (#3) 1 Apr1920 122,160 11.9 (#4) 15 Jul1920 109,931 11.5 (#4) 1 Sep1920 147,120 12.1 (#4) 2 1924 166,476 13.0 (#4) 2 1926 151,746 11.3 (#4) 4 1929 151,746 10.7 (#4) 0 1932 145,221 9.4 (#4) 2 1935 151,507 9.2 (#4) 0 1939 161,834 9.5 (#4) 0 1943 175,179 8.7 (#4) 2 1945 167,073 8.1 (#5) 2 1947 144,206 6.9 (#4) 1 1950 167,969 8.2 (#5) 2 Apr1953 178,942 8.6 (#4) 1 Sep1953 169,295 7.8 (#4) 1 1957 179,822 7.8 (#4) 0 1960 140,979 5.8 (#5) 3 1964 139,702 5.3 (#5) 1 1966 203,858 7.3 (#5) 3 1968 427,304 15.0 (#4) 14 1971 413,620 14.4 (#4) 0 1973 343,718 11.2 (#4) 7 1975 216,553 7.1 (#4) 7 1977 113,330 3.6 (#8) 7 1979 172,365 5.4 (#6) 4 1981 160,053 5.1 (#7) 1 1984 184,642 5.5 (#6) 1 1987 209,086 6.2 (#5) 1 1988 185,707 5.6 (#6) 1 1990 114,888 3.5 (#7) 3 1994 152,701 4.6 (#6) 1 1998 131,254 3.9 (#7) 1 2001 179,023 5.2 (#6) 2 2005 308,212 9.2 (#5) 8 2007 177,161 5.1 (#6) 8 2011 336,698 9.5 (#4) 8 2015 160,672 4.6 (#7) 9 2019 304,273 8.6 (#4) 8 2022133,9313.8 (#9) 9

Election Votes % Seats +/– 1979 56,944 3.6 (#10) 0 1984 32,560 1.6 (#9) 0 1989 50,196 2.8 (#8) 0 1994 176,480 8.5 (#6) 1 1999 180,089 9.1 (#4) 0 2004 120,473 6.4 (#6) 0 2009 100,094 4.3 (#7) 1 2014 148,949 6.5 (#7) 1 2019 277,929 10.1 (#4) 1

In the European Parliament, the Danish Social Liberal Party sits in the Renew Europe group with one MEP. In the European Committee of the regions, the Danish Social Liberal Party sits in the Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions group, with one full and two alternate members for the 2020 2025 mandate.