Independent Greens – Denmark's New Left-wing Party Frie Grønne – Danmarks nye venstrefløjsparti | |
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| Abbreviation | FG Q |
| Leader | Sikandar Siddique |
| Founders | Sikandar Siddique Uffe Elbæk Susanne Zimmer Niko Grünfeld |
| Founded | 7 September 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09-07) |
| Split from | The Alternative |
| Membership(2022) | 296[1] |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Shades of white: |
| Folketing | 0 / 179 [a] |
| European Parliament | 0 / 15 |
| Municipal councils | 1 / 2,436 |
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| Website | |
| friegronne.dk | |
TheIndependent Greens – Denmark's New Left-Wing Party (Danish:Frie Grønne – Danmarks nye venstrefløjsparti), or simply theIndependent Greens (Danish:Frie Grønne) (Q), is aleft-wingpolitical party in Denmark. It was founded 7 September 2020 by four former members ofThe Alternative:Sikandar Siddique,Uffe Elbæk, andSusanne Zimmer, who were members of theDanish parliament, andNiko Grünfeld, member ofCopenhagen City Council.[2] Theparty leader is Sikandar Siddique. Elbæk was founder and leader of The Alternative from 2013 to 2020.
The Independent Greens describe themselves as left wing and a "responsible, climate-conscious and anti-racist party".[3]
Sikandar Siddique, Uffe Elbæk, Susanne Zimmer, and Niko Grünfeld left The Alternative following allegations that new leaderJosephine Fock had harassed members of the party. Three weeks after her election on 1 February,Dagbladet Information published the allegations from anonymous sources. Fock narrowly survived a motion of no confidence by The Alternative's executive board following the allegations in March 2020, after which Elbæk was handed an ultimatum by his constituency's local party branch to back Fock or have his support withdrawn. Elbæk chose to leave the party on 7 March, followed by Siddique, Zimmer andRasmus Nordqvist; Grünfeld had already left the party on 28 February. Nordqvist subsequently joined theSocialist People's Party, while Fock would resign as leader of The Alternative on 14 November.
Ahead of the2022 Danish general election, The Alternative's new leaderFranciska Rosenkilde offered the Independent Greens andVegan Party a chance to form a united list to increase the chances ofgreen representation in the Folketing, as all three parties were polling below the threshold.[4] Siddique dismissed the plan.[5] Elbæk later called for the Independent Greens and Alternative to merge,[6] and eventually rejoined the old party,[7][8] reducing the number of sitting FG MPs to two.
In the election, the Independent Greens received 0.9% of the vote, falling below the 2% threshold to retain their seats in the Folketing. They were the second-smallest registered party in terms of vote share, ahead of only theChristian Democrats.
The party has taken a stronglypro-Palestinian andanti-Zionist stance, and advocates for aOne-state solution tothe Israel-Palestine conflict.[9]
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
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| 2022 | 31,787 | 0.9 (#13) | 0 / 179 | New | Extra-parliamentary |
