New Right (Denmark)

New Right
Nye Borgerlige
AbbreviationNB
D[a]
LeaderMartin Henriksen
FoundersPernille Vermund
Peter Seier Christensen
Founded19 October 2015; 9 years ago (2015-10-19)
HeadquartersChristiansborg
1241 København K
Youth wingNye Borgerliges Ungdom
Membership (October 2023)6,500[1]
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[5][6] to far-right[3][7]
Colours  Teal
Election symbol

Website
nyeborgerlige.dk

Nye Borgerlige (NB for short and often translated as the New Right)[b] is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. Formed by Pernille Vermund and Peter Seier Christensen[c] in 2015, it first entered the Folketing in 2019 with four seats (out of 179) and again in 2022 with six. After three defections in the first months after the election, by March 2023 the party's number of seats in the Folketing was reduced to three.

Having been chairman throughout its existence, Vermund resigned in January 2023. Lars Boje Mathiesen succeeded her in February but was expelled after just 30 days in office.With two MFs having left before then, Vermund took over again as de facto chairman, being officially reelected in October.

However, in January 2024, she announced that she had left the party, recommending the dissolution of Nye Borgerlige to its national executive, and that the party's parliamentary group had dissolved itself. The national executive announced that it would make a plan for the party's dissolution. Several local party activists opposed the plan, however, and an extraordinary party conference in April 2024 decided to carry on the party, choosing Martin Henriksen as its new leader.

The youth wing of the party was Nye Borgerliges Ungdom (NBU) until its dissolution in March 2024.


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