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Venstre ( literally Left, internationally named " The Liberal Party of Norway ") was the first organised political force in Norway, and was for long times the dominant political party ( from the 1880s to the 1920s ).
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Venstre and literally
Venstre (, literally " left "), full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (), is a conservative-liberal political party in Denmark.
In 2001 – 2011, the Conservative People's Party was the junior partner in a coalition government led by Venstre ( literally " left ", but in Denmark meaning " Liberals ").
The new party, formed by the pro-EEC minority of the Liberal Party, originally wanted to call itself the " Popular Party-New Left " ( Folkepartiet Nye Venstre ), but was denied the use of this name, as it was deemed too similar to the Liberal Party, which in Norway is called " Venstre " ( literally " Left ").
* 1905: A radical faction of the ⇒ Left Reform Party seceded as the present-day Danish Social Liberal Party ( Det Radikale Venstre, literally Radical Left )
Frisinnede Venstre is merged with the main conservative party, Høyre ( literally Right )
The Norwegian name ' Unge Venstre ' has historical reasons, and although it literally translates as ' Young Left ' in English, Young Liberals of Norway are not socialists, but in fact liberals.
Venstres Ungdom ( literally: Youth of the Left ) is the youth wing of the Danish Liberal Party Venstre.
Venstre and Left
Venstre, or " the Left " in English, was founded in 1870 under the name Det Forenede Venstre ( The United Left ).
From 1895 – 1910 it was known as Venstrereformpartiet ( Left Reform Party ), and after that as Venstre.
In current Danish politics there is a clear distinction between the concepts of Venstre ( Left, i. e. the party bearing that name ) and venstrefløj ( left wing, i. e. socialist and other left-leaning parties ).
The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre ( Right ), but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre ( Left ), the liberals.
The origin of the word Venstre in both party names is to be found in the fact that the major Conservative party in the 19th century was called Right, and Venstre ( Left ) was formed as an opposition party.
* 1870: Liberal farmers formed the liberal party The United Left ( Det Forenede Venstre )
* 1910: The VRP and the ⇒ Moderate Left merged into Liberal Party ( Venstre, now usually not translated into English )
* 1892: A right wing faction of the ⇒ United Left formed the Moderate Left ( Det Moderate Venstre )
* 1888: A group of Christian conservatives leaves Venstre to form Moderate Venstre ( The Moderate Left ).
* 1903: The right wing of Venstre leaves the party and forms Frisinnede Venstre ( The Liberal Left ).
The Pro-EEC faction forms Nye Venstre ( New Left ), later renamed Det Liberale Folkeparti ( Liberal People's Party ).
Venstre and named
Cabinets are named after the Prime Minister, although they may gain shorthand names ( e. g. " VK Cabinet ", for the recent Venstre – Conservative Cabinet ).
Venstre and Liberal
The first law concerning a fixed link was enacted in 1973, but the project was put on hold in 1978 as the Venstre ( Liberal ) party demanded postponing of various public spending.
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