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Common Course Fælles Kurs (Arbejderpartiet Fælles Kurs) | |
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| Leader | Preben Møller Hansen |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Dissolved | 2001 |
| Split from | Communist Party of Denmark |
| Merged into | Communist Party of Denmark |
| Headquarters | Copenhagen |
| Ideology | Communism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Left-wing tofar left |
Common Course (Danish:Fælles Kurs, Arbejderpartiet Fælles Kurs) was apolitical party in Denmark, which held 4 seats in theDanish parliament from 1987–1988.
Common Course was officially founded in 1986,[1] but it was built on several factions of theCommunist Party of Denmark which were planning for the emergence of a new party as early as 1979. The party's leader wasPreben Møller Hansen, writer, cook, and leader of theDanish Seamens' Union, who was expelled from theCommunist Party of Denmark in 1979. He was known for his outspoken way of expressing himself, frequently usingswear words, making broad generalizations andanti-elitist statements. The party itself gathered both communists and left-wing socialists, united in an inveterate struggle againstDenmark's membership of theEuropean Communities. The party's official immigration policy was quite restrictive, contrary to other parties on the left. It actively supported communist regimes in theSoviet Union,Cuba, andNorth Korea, as well as ColonelMuammar al-Gaddafi inLibya, and was a collective member of organisations supporting these nations.
In the1988 parliamentary election, the party achieved 1.9% of the votes, thereby failing to pass the 2%election threshold. In an attempt to regain parliamentary representation, Common Course started cooperating withMogens Glistrup's right-wingProgress Party, causing many members to desert. The attempt failed, the party was dissolved in 2001, and members were recommended to join theCommunist Party of Denmark instead (which later merged into theRed-Green Alliance in 1991).
Former member of Danish parliamentLine Barfod (Red-Green Alliance) was a former member of Common Course, and was chairperson of its youth wing in the years 1984–1985, before the actual formation of the party.
