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Det Radikale Venstre

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The Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre), also called the Danish Social Liberal Party, is a social liberal party in Denmark. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. It was founded in 1905 as a split from the Left (liberals). Literally, Det Radikale Venstre means radical left; that is misleading, as the party is traditionally described as being in the center of the Danish left-right political scale.

The party president is Søren Bald and it has nine members of parliament. The parliament group is lead by Marianne Jelved, former vice prime minister and minister of economic affairs. The party is currently in opposition.

See also

• Politics of Denmark
• Timeline of liberal parties in Denmark