New Right (Denmark)
{{Infobox political party
| name = New Right
| native_name = Nye Borgerlige
| logo = Logo of the New Right (Denmark).svg
| logo_size = 180px
| colorcode = {{Political party data|color}}
| leader = Martin Henriksen
| founders = Pernille Vermund
Peter Seier Christensen
| foundation = {{start date and age|2015|10|19|df=y}}
| ideology = {{ublist|class = nowrap
| National conservatism{{cite news|title=Den konservative højrefløj er gået i udbrud |trans-title=The conservative right wing has erupted |url=https://www.information.dk/moti/2015/10/konservative-hoejrefloej-gaaet-udbrud |work=Dagbladet Information |date=10 October 2015 |language=da |access-date=16 February 2018 |archive-date=14 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714071749/https://www.information.dk/moti/2015/10/konservative-hoejrefloej-gaaet-udbrud |url-status=live}}
| Right-libertarianism{{refn|{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.eu/article/meet-denmarks-new-anti-islam-anti-immigration-anti-tax-party-nye-borgerlige-new-right-pernille-vermund/ |title=Meet Denmark's new anti-Islam, anti-immigration, anti-tax party |work=Politico |date=6 February 2017 |access-date=8 February 2017 |archive-date=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903144337/https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-denmarks-new-anti-islam-anti-immigration-anti-tax-party-nye-borgerlige-new-right-pernille-vermund/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Meet Denmark's new anti-immigration party |newspaper=The Local |url=https://www.thelocal.dk/20160922/meet-denmarks-new-anti-immigration-party |date=22 September 2017 |access-date=10 April 2017 |archive-date=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903215509/https://www.thelocal.dk/20160922/meet-denmarks-new-anti-immigration-party |url-status=live}}}}
| Right-wing populism{{refn|}}
}}
| headquarters = Christiansborg
1241 København K
| website = {{Political party data|website}}
| country = Denmark
| abbreviation = NB
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|The New Right (Denmark)}}|border=darkgray}} Teal
| native_name_lang = da
| youth_wing = Nye Borgerliges Ungdomda
| membership_year = October 2023
| position = {{nowrap|Right-wing{{refn|{{cite web|work=Copenhagen Post |title=New Danish right-wing party on the horizon|url=https://cphpost.dk/?p=57746 |date=24 May 2016 |access-date=1 March 2021 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522144238/https://cphpost.dk/?p=57746 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nordeatrade.com/en/explore-new-market/denmark/political-context |title=Denmark: Economic and Political Overview - The political framework of Denmark |author= |date= |website=Nordetrade.com |access-date=5 March 2021|archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417130804/https://www.nordeatrade.com/en/explore-new-market/denmark/political-context |url-status=live}}}} to far-right{{refn|https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/11/02/au-danemark-le-bloc-de-gauche-de-la-premiere-ministre-mette-frederiksen-remporte-les-elections-legislatives_6148140_3210.html}}}}
| seats1_title = Folketing
| seats1 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}}{{Efn|Only 175 of the 179 seats in the Danish Parliament, the Folketing, are obtainable by Danish political parties as Greenland and the Faroe Islands are assigned two seats each due to their status as territories in the Kingdom of Denmark.}}
| seats2_title = European Parliament
| seats2 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}}
}}
Nye Borgerlige (NB for short and often translated as the New Right){{efn|No English word encapsulates the full meaning of the Danish singular borgerlig. It is the usual Danish term for non-socialist parties in general, and the country's right-of-centre parties in particular. Imperfect translations include 'bourgeois' or 'civic'.{{cite web |last1=Fink |first1=Jørgen |last2=Dahlerup |first2=Troels |title=borger |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/borger |website=Den Store Danske |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=da |date=4 May 2020}} In English, the party's name is often loosely translated to the New Right despite the party not having an official English name.}} is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. Formed by Pernille Vermund and Peter Seier Christensen{{Efn|Svend Pedersen is also credited as a co-founder, but never played a central role in Nye Borgerlige, and quickly left the party again. In 2022 he rejoined as an active member and was elected to the party's national executive, but was expelled on 30 March 2023 for racist and derogatory remarks.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-30 |title=Vermund: Hovedbestyrelsesmedlem ekskluderet fra Nye Borgerlige - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-03-30-vermund-hovedbestyrelsesmedlem-ekskluderet-fra-nye-borgerlige |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK |archive-date=2023-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330124527/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-03-30-vermund-hovedbestyrelsesmedlem-ekskluderet-fra-nye-borgerlige |url-status=live }}}} 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.
History
= Founding and outside the Folketing =
On 24 September 2015, architect Pernille Vermund and chemical engineer Peter Seier Christensen announced that they were in the process of establishing a new political party with the working title "We Conservatives" ({{lang|da|Vi Konservative}}),{{Cite news |last=Rasmussen |first=Dorte Møller |date=25 September 2015 |title=Konservativ afhopper stifter nyt konservativt parti |work=Sjællandske Nyheder |url=https://www.sn.dk/helsingoer-kommune/konservativ-afhopper-stifter-nyt-konservativt-parti/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523180738/https://www.sn.dk/helsingoer-kommune/konservativ-afhopper-stifter-nyt-konservativt-parti/ |archive-date=23 May 2023 |quote=Endnu et nyt parti ser nu dagens lys. Vi Konservative kommer partiet til at hedde, og stifterne er Pernille Vermund, Snekkersten, Peter Seier Christensen, Rungsted og Svend Pedersen, Valby.}}{{Cite news |last=Domino |first=Søren |date=28 September 2015 |title=Borgerligt oprør: Nyt parti kan presse de Konservative |work=Berlingske |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/borgerligt-oproer-nyt-parti-kan-presse-de-konservative |url-status=live |access-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928095240/https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/borgerligt-oproer-nyt-parti-kan-presse-de-konservative |archive-date=28 September 2023}} but instead settled on the name "Nye Borgerlige".{{Cite web |last=Kosiara-Pedersen |first=Karina |date=20 April 2023 |title=Nye Borgerlige |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Nye_Borgerlige |archive-date= |access-date=28 September 2023 |website=Den Store Danske |quote=Arbejdstitlen på det nye parti var ’Vi Konservative’, da Pernille Vermund og Peter Seier Christensen (f. 1967) brød med Det Konservative Folkeparti i september 2015, men det endte med navnet 'Nye Borgerlige'.}} Both founders were former members of the Conservative People's Party for which party Vermund had served as a Helsingør Municipality councilor from the 2009 municipal election until 2011. On 20 October 2015, they launched the party website and published a political program ({{lang|da|principprogram}}).{{Cite news |last=Andersen |first=Thomas Nørgaard |date=20 October 2015 |title=Her er Danmarks nye borgerlige parti |work=Berlingske |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/her-er-danmarks-nye-borgerlige-parti |url-status=live |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928095919/https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/her-er-danmarks-nye-borgerlige-parti |archive-date=28 September 2023}} In an interview to B.T. on the same day, Vermund and Seier described their policies as "a mix of the Danish People's Party and the Liberal Alliance" and told that 360 people had joined.{{Cite news |last=Karker |first=Andreas |date=20 October 2015 |title=Nyt parti udfordrer LA og DF: Vi er de RIGTIGE konservative |work=B.T. |url=https://www.bt.dk/politik/nyt-parti-udfordrer-la-og-df-vi-er-de-rigtige-konservative |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928095508/https://www.bt.dk/politik/nyt-parti-udfordrer-la-og-df-vi-er-de-rigtige-konservative |archive-date=28 September 2023}} The party was founded in response to the then-government's handling of the 2015 European migrant crisis.{{Cite news |last=Skov |first=Christian Egander |date=18 August 2023 |title=Vermund lykkes, hvor Pape ikke gør. Alligevel er der lang vej til succes for Nye Borgerlige |work=Altinget.dk |url=https://www.altinget.dk/christiansborg/artikel/vermund-skifter-kurs-for-nye-borgerlige-og-maalet-er-samme-succeshistorier-som-stoejberg-og-vanopslagh |url-status=live |access-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928105622/https://www.altinget.dk/christiansborg/artikel/vermund-skifter-kurs-for-nye-borgerlige-og-maalet-er-samme-succeshistorier-som-stoejberg-og-vanopslagh |archive-date=28 September 2023 |quote=Partiet var opstået som et protestparti. Mod den borgerlige regering og mod Dansk Folkeparti, der havde svigtet ved ikke at vælte den i forbindelse med flygtningekrisen i 2015.}}{{Cite news |last=Winther |first=Tine Maria |date=16 July 2021 |title=Pernille Vermund om sit yngre jeg: Jeg var lidt naiv |language=Danish |work=Kristeligt Dagblad |url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/pernille-vermund-om-sit-yngre-jeg-jeg-var-lidt-naiv |url-status=live |access-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413143601/https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/pernille-vermund-om-sit-yngre-jeg-jeg-var-lidt-naiv |archive-date=13 April 2023}}{{Cite news |last1=Sindberg |first1=Mathias |last2=Kristiansen |first2=Otto Lerche |date=14 March 2022 |title=Her er seks bud på, hvad vi har lært, siden flygtningene gik på motorvejen i 2015 |language=Danish |work=Dagbladet Information |url=https://www.information.dk/moti/2020/03/seks-bud-paa-laert-siden-flygtningene-gik-paa-motorvejen-2015 |url-status=live |access-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413145103/https://www.information.dk/moti/2020/03/seks-bud-paa-laert-siden-flygtningene-gik-paa-motorvejen-2015 |archive-date=13 April 2023}}
On 21 September 2016, the founders announced that they had gathered the 20,109 signatures – amounting to one 175th of valid votes cast at the previous general election – required to run in the next election. They held their first official press conference in Copenhagen one day later, notably emphasizing the party's three "non-negotiable demands" ({{lang|da|ufravigelige krav}}) as a prerequisite for backing any government; these were a total asylum freeze, eviction of criminal foreigners after their first conviction, and that foreigners staying in Denmark must be able to support themselves.{{Cite news |date=22 September 2016 |title=Nye Borgerlige har tre ultimative krav til borgerlig statsminister |work=DR |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-har-tre-ultimative-krav-til-borgerlig-statsminister |url-status=live |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406223211/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-har-tre-ultimative-krav-til-borgerlig-statsminister |archive-date=6 April 2023}} The party's eligibility to run was officially approved by the Ministry of the Interior on 6 October, when the party was assigned its requested election letter D.{{Cite news |date=6 October 2016 |title=Nye Borgerlige kan stille op til næste valg |work=DR |agency=DR Nyheder |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-kan-stille-op-til-naeste-valg |url-status=live |access-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405224639/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-kan-stille-op-til-naeste-valg |archive-date=5 April 2023}}
On 12 November 2016, Nye Borgerlige held its first annual party conference in Fredericia with about 400 attendees,{{Cite news |last=Raatz |first=Mie Louise |date=12 November 2016 |title=Mænd i hobetal og bredsider til kriminelle udlændinge: Pernille Vermund åbner Nye Borgerliges årsmøde |work=DR |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/maend-i-hobetal-og-bredsider-til-kriminelle-udlaendinge-pernille-vermund-aabner-nye |url-status=live |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406174743/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/maend-i-hobetal-og-bredsider-til-kriminelle-udlaendinge-pernille-vermund-aabner-nye |archive-date=6 April 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Nielsen |first=Anders Holm |date=22 September 2016 |title=Kommentatorer: Nye Borgerlige har en chance – men der er ikke plads til fodfejl |work=DR |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/kommentatorer-nye-borgerlige-har-en-chance-men-der-er-ikke-plads-til-fodfejl |url-status=live |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406180248/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/kommentatorer-nye-borgerlige-har-en-chance-men-der-er-ikke-plads-til-fodfejl |archive-date=6 April 2023}} while at the time reporting 2,773 members with nine municipal councillors quickly changed their party affiliation to it.{{Cite news |last1=Olsen |first1=Theis Lange |last2=Just |first2=Andreas Nygaard |date=12 November 2016 |title=Nye Borgerlige: 2.773 medlemmer, ni byrødder og en partiformand uden kreds |work=DR |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-2773-medlemmer-ni-byroedder-og-en-partiformand-uden-kreds |url-status=live |access-date=29 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928104515/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-2773-medlemmer-ni-byroedder-og-en-partiformand-uden-kreds |archive-date=28 September 2023}} Market research firm Gallup polled in November 2016 and determined that the party would primarily obtain its voters from the Danish People's Party.{{Cite news |last=Larsen |first=Alexander Teilmann |date=12 November 2016 |title=Nye Borgerlige høster vælgere fra Dansk Folkeparti |work=Berlingske |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/analyse-og-perspektiv/nye-borgerlige-hoester-vaelgere-fra-dansk-folkeparti |url-status=live |access-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928104902/https://www.berlingske.dk/analyse-og-perspektiv/nye-borgerlige-hoester-vaelgere-fra-dansk-folkeparti |archive-date=28 September 2023}} Running in 61 out of the 98 municipalities during the 2017 local elections, Nye Borgerlige secured 0.9% of the vote nationally, acquiring just one out of the 2,432 municipal councilors nationwide – the one awarded to incumbent councilor Mette Thiesen in Hillerød Municipality who had been elected for the Conservative People's Party in 2013.{{Cite news |last=Modler |first=Henrik |date=22 November 2022 |title=Nye Borgerlige er kun valgt ind i Hillerød Kommune |work=TV2 Lorry |url=https://www.tv2kosmopol.dk/rudersdal/nye-borgerlige-er-kun-valgt-ind-i-hillerod-kommune |url-status=live |access-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928105233/https://www.tv2kosmopol.dk/rudersdal/nye-borgerlige-er-kun-valgt-ind-i-hillerod-kommune |archive-date=28 September 2023}}
= 2019 general election =
In the election campaign before the 2019 general election, Nye Borgerlige was unexpectedly challenged by the sudden emergence of the far-right party Stram Kurs, but at the election on 5 June, Nye Borgerlige obtained 2.4% of the vote, equal to four seats, whereby the party entered the Folketing, whereas Stram Kurs with 1.8% did not surpass the 2% threshold.{{Cite web |last1=Jørgenssen |first1=Steen A. |last2=Kristensen |first2=William |date=2019-06-06 |title=Den yderste højrefløj spaltet i to: Paludan klarede ikke spærregrænsen − Nye Borgerlige kom i Folketinget |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE11424435/paludan-klarede-ikke-spaerregraensen-nye-borgerlige-kom-i-folketinget/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Jyllands-Posten |language=da |archive-date=2023-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410100908/https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE11424435/paludan-klarede-ikke-spaerregraensen-nye-borgerlige-kom-i-folketinget/ |url-status=live }} NB's first parliamentary group consisted of Pernille Vermund (South Jutland), Peter Seier Christensen (Zealand), Mette Thiesen (North Zealand), and Lars Boje Mathiesen (East Jutland).{{Cite web |date=2019-06-06 |title=Overblik: Her er de 179 medlemmer af det nye Folketing |url=https://www.altinget.dk/transport/artikel/altinget.dk/transport/artikel/moed-det-nye-folketing |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Transport}} As the majority in Parliament shifted to the left at the election, the leader of the Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen formed the same month a minority government (Frederiksen I) to which Nye Borgerlige would serve as an opposition party.{{Cite news |last=Kildegaard |first=Kasper |date=6 June 2019 |title=På en varm dag i juni blev Danmark malet rødt: Nu venter benhårde forhandlinger |language=da |work=Berlingske |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/paa-en-varm-dag-i-juni-blev-danmark-malet-roedt-nu-venter-benhaarde |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 June 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606020015/https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/paa-en-varm-dag-i-juni-blev-danmark-malet-roedt-nu-venter-benhaarde |url-status=live }}
Early in the election period, the party decided against custom to invest most of its funds in communication and not policy development, in a ratio described as "80/20".{{Cite web |last=Korsgaard |first=Lea |date=2021-07-13 |title=De frygtede at blive en døgnflue. Så blev Nye Borgerlige verdensmestre i tidsånden |url=https://www.zetland.dk/historie/sO0EGynN-a8DEYXaM-00f14 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Zetland |language=da |archive-date=2022-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228144823/https://www.zetland.dk/historie/sO0EGynN-a8DEYXaM-00f14 |url-status=live }} Nye Borgerlige gained popularity and became well known for its successful social media strategy, especially on Facebook.{{Cite web |title=Vermund vælter Facebook |url=https://www.kommunikationsforum.dk/artikler/Hvad-kan-Vermund-paa-SoMe |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.kommunikationsforum.dk |archive-date=2023-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108113759/https://www.kommunikationsforum.dk/artikler/Hvad-kan-Vermund-paa-SoMe |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-22 |title=Ny analyse: Sådan hijacker Nye Borgerlige debatter på sociale medier |url=https://piopio.dk/ny-analyse-saadan-hijacker-nye-borgerlige-debatter-paa-sociale-medier |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Netavisen Pio |language=da |archive-date=2023-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108113758/https://piopio.dk/ny-analyse-saadan-hijacker-nye-borgerlige-debatter-paa-sociale-medier |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Alsen |first=Michael |date=2019-06-06 |title=Nye Borgerlige mestrede, hvad de andre nye partier ikke formåede: »Vi kommer til at æde dem op indefra!« |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/1376268 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Berlingske.dk |language=da}} In February 2021, it became, with officially 18,000 members, the Danish political party with the third highest membership count, succeeded only by the Social Democrats and Venstre.{{Cite web |date=21 November 2021 |author=Ritzau |title=Nye Borgerlige spås fremgang - men champagnen bliver hjemme |url=https://www.tvsyd.dk/valg/nye-borgerlige-spaas-fremgang-men-champagnen-bliver-hjemme |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=TV SYD |language=da |archive-date=2022-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701205124/https://www.tvsyd.dk/valg/nye-borgerlige-spaas-fremgang-men-champagnen-bliver-hjemme |url-status=live }} Two years later, however, newspaper accounts questioned the party's official membership counts, quoting several former party activists reporting that they were instructed not to remove people not paying membership fees from the membership lists in order to create a higher membership number.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-05 |title=Nye Borgerlige anklages for at pumpe sine medlemstal op: »Det er kendt internt i partiet, at det er sådan, det kører« |url=https://politiken.dk/indland/art9177754/Nye-Borgerlige-anklages-for-at-pumpe-sine-medlemstal-op-%C2%BBDet-er-kendt-internt-i-partiet-at-det-er-s%C3%A5dan-det-k%C3%B8rer%C2%AB |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404183846/https://politiken.dk/indland/art9177754/Nye-Borgerlige-anklages-for-at-pumpe-sine-medlemstal-op-%C2%BBDet-er-kendt-internt-i-partiet-at-det-er-s%C3%A5dan-det-k%C3%B8rer%C2%AB |archive-date=2023-04-04 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Politiken |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Rasmus Bragh |date=2023-02-06 |title=I lang tid var det en succeshistorie. Nu beskyldes Nye Borgerlige for at pumpe medlemstal kunstigt op |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/1705084 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Berlingske.dk |language=da}}
In February 2021, the party got its highest single opinion poll to date, suggesting 11% of the general vote.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-22 |title=Ny stor måling: Nye Borgerlige større end Venstre |url=https://avisendanmark.dk/artikel/ny-stor-m%C3%A5ling-nye-borgerlige-st%C3%B8rre-end-venstre |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=avisendanmark.dk |language=da |archive-date=2022-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228144815/https://avisendanmark.dk/artikel/ny-stor-m%C3%A5ling-nye-borgerlige-st%C3%B8rre-end-venstre |url-status=live }} After its initial surge in polling during the election period, the party's popularity began dwindling from early 2021 onwards, particularly following the launch of a new right-wing populist party named Denmark Democrats headed by former minister Inger Støjberg.{{Citation |last=BSMIsEditing |title=English: Graph of opinion polling conducted for the 2022 Danish general election |date=2022-10-19 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opinion_polling_for_the_2022_Danish_general_election.svg |access-date=2022-12-28}} The November 2021 local elections resulted in a nationwide performance of 3.6%, awarding the party 64 seats instead of the previous single one.{{Cite web |last=/ritzau/ |date=2021-11-16 |title=Nye Borgerlige går fra 1 til 64 mandater på landsplan |url=https://avisendanmark.dk/danmark/nye-borgerlige-gaar-fra-1-til-64-mandater-paa-landsplan |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=avisendanmark.dk |language=da |archive-date=2023-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123161110/https://avisendanmark.dk/danmark/nye-borgerlige-gaar-fra-1-til-64-mandater-paa-landsplan |url-status=live }} In the June 2022 European Union opt-out referendum, Nye Borgerlige campaigned for a "no",{{Cite web |last=Byskov Svendsen |first=Anders |date=7 Mar 2022 |title=Kun tre vil bevare det: Dét mener partierne om forsvarsforbeholdet |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/folkeafstemning/kun-tre-vil-bevare-det-det-mener-partierne-om-forsvarsforbeholdet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601130514/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/folkeafstemning/kun-tre-vil-bevare-det-det-mener-partierne-om-forsvarsforbeholdet |archive-date=1 Jun 2022 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=DR}} with 66.9% of voters voting "yes".{{Cite journal |date=10 June 2022 |title=Folkeafstemning den 1. juni 2022 |url=https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1962294/other/Folkeafstemning-SE2022-v2.pdf |journal=Danmarks Statistik |access-date=8 January 2023 |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102024647/https://dst.dk/valg/Valg1962294/other/Folkeafstemning-SE2022-v2.pdf |url-status=live }}
= 2022 general election and first Vermund resignation =
Leading up to the general election, widespread dissatisfaction among local party members were in August reported in the media, in particular on Funen and Zealand, because of the centralised decision-making concerning the choice of parliamentary candidates, where the national executive chose the leading candidates regardless of local support. The top management led to defections from local councillors and other party activists.{{cite news |last1=Holst |first1=Helene Kristine |date=21 August 2022 |title=»Skrigende vaskekoner«: Dybe frustrationer i Nye Borgerlige får beskyldningerne til at flyve |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE14317119/skrigende-vaskekoner-dybe-frustrationer-i-nye-borgerlige-faar-beskyldningerne-til-at-flyve/ |access-date=2 July 2023 |work=Jyllands-Posten |language=da}}{{cite news |last1=Klingenberg |first1=Kenneth |date=6 August 2022 |title=Partitoppens beslutning skabte uro på Fyn - men nu kan medlemmerne få det sidste ord |url=https://fyens.dk/fyn/partitoppens-beslutning-skabte-uro-paa-fyn-men-nu-kan-medlemmerne-faa-det-sidste-ord |access-date=26 June 2023 |work=fyens.dk |language=da}}
At the 2022 general election on 1 November, the party received 3.7% and won six seats as the four original MFs were re-elected in the same constituencies along with Mikkel Bjørn (Funen) and Kim Edberg Andersen (North Jutland).{{Cite web |title=Hvem er valgt? Se valgte kandidater og personlige stemmer {{!}} DR |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/folketingsvalg/valgte |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.dr.dk |language=da-dk |archive-date=2022-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102202038/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/folketingsvalg/valgte |url-status=live }} Thiesen left the party on 7 November due to an incident in which her boyfriend had exercised physical violence towards a member of Nye Borgerlige's secretariat, consequently becoming the fastest politician in Danish history to leave the party of their election.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=Mette Thiesen melder sig ud af Nye Borgerlige |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/mette-thiesen-melder-sig-ud-af-nye-borgerlige |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=DR |language=da-DK |archive-date=2022-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204061323/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/mette-thiesen-melder-sig-ud-af-nye-borgerlige |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=Mette Thiesen skriver historie med hurtigt exit, siger professor - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2022-11-07-mette-thiesen-skriver-historie-med-hurtigt-exit-siger-professor |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK |archive-date=2022-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117175225/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2022-11-07-mette-thiesen-skriver-historie-med-hurtigt-exit-siger-professor |url-status=live }} She would later join the Danish People's Party in February 2023.{{Cite web |last1=Jørgenssen |first1=Steen A. |last2=Elsøe |first2=Bolette |date=2023-02-06 |title=Mette Thiesen skifter til DF: Her er hendes nye syn på topskatten, partihop - og den sidste kommentar om en »hård tid« |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE14957429/mette-thiesen-melder-sig-ind-i-df-jeg-har-faktisk-aldrig-vaeret-i-tvivl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206220700/https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE14957429/mette-thiesen-melder-sig-ind-i-df-jeg-har-faktisk-aldrig-vaeret-i-tvivl/ |archive-date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Jyllands-Posten |language=da}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=Endnu en afhopper skifter parti: Mette Thiesen har meldt sig ind i Dansk Folkeparti |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/mette-thiesen-har-meldt-sig-ind-i-dansk-folkeparti |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206222124/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/mette-thiesen-har-meldt-sig-ind-i-dansk-folkeparti |archive-date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}
In the aftermath of the election, Vermund faced internal critique for having made a campaign that was too vague and pragmatic, focusing on an excess of key issues and too little on immigration policy.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=Lørdag møder Vermund et frustreret parti. Kan hun lime de knuste drømme og forventninger? |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/loerdag-moeder-vermund-et-frustreret-parti-kan-hun-lime-de-knuste-droemme-og-forventninger-sammen-til-et-baeredygtigt-parti |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Altinget.dk}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=Vermund forsvarer sin valgkamp efter intern kritik: Jeg kunne ikke have gjort det bedre |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/vermund-forsvarer-sin-valgkamp-efter-intern-kritik-jeg-kunne-ikke-have-gjort-det-bedre |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Altinget.dk}} Many party activists were also frustrated by the thorough top management of the party, and in particular the central hand-picking of parliamentary candidates.{{cite news |last1=Vestergaard |first1=Mads |title=Vermund varsler mindre topstyring efter uro |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/vermund-varsler-mindre-topstyring-efter-uro |access-date=2 July 2023 |work=DR |date=12 November 2022 |language=da-DK}} The press secretary for seven years, Lars Kaaber, was dismissed on 24 November.{{Cite web |title=Nye Borgerlige fyrer pressechef |url=https://www.altinget.dk/navnenyt/nye-borgerlige-fyrer-pressechef |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Altinget.dk |language=da-DK |archive-date=2022-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228144817/https://www.altinget.dk/navnenyt/nye-borgerlige-fyrer-pressechef |url-status=live }} In December, a new grand coalition majority government headed by incumbent prime minister Frederiksen, consisting of the Social Democrats, Venstre, and the Moderates (the SVM government) took office, to which Nye Borgerlige served as opposition.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-19 |title=De ni partier i oppositionen: SVM er kommet ualmindelig uheldigt fra start |url=https://piopio.dk/de-ni-partier-i-oppositionen-svm-er-kommet-ualmindelig-uheldigt-fra-start |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Netavisen Pio |language=da |archive-date=2023-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406091432/https://piopio.dk/de-ni-partier-i-oppositionen-svm-er-kommet-ualmindelig-uheldigt-fra-start |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-15 |title=Danmark har fået en ny regering |url=https://www.dr.dk/ligetil/danmark-har-faaet-en-ny-regering |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=DR |language=da-DK |archive-date=2023-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406101431/https://www.dr.dk/ligetil/danmark-har-faaet-en-ny-regering |url-status=live }}
On 10 January 2023, Vermund issued a statement saying that she would step down as leader at the party's next annual conference and would not run for reelection to the Folketing. Vermund explained her resignation with a desire to get her "life and family back",{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=Vermund vil stoppe som formand: - Jeg skal have mit liv tilbage - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-10-vermund-vil-stoppe-som-formand-jeg-skal-have-mit-liv-tilbage |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK |archive-date=2023-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110160531/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-10-vermund-vil-stoppe-som-formand-jeg-skal-have-mit-liv-tilbage |url-status=live }} later stating that she leading up to the decision had begun feeling ill.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-17 |title=- Det var så grelt, at jeg var begyndt at blive syg af det, fortæller Pernille Vermund - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-08-17-det-var-saa-grelt-at-jeg-var-begyndt-at-blive-syg-af-det-fortaeller-pernille-vermund |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} Most political observers pointed at Boje as her most likely successor as party leader, though some thought that Bjørn might also make a bid for the party leadership.{{Cite web |last=Wentoft |first=Andreas F. R. |date=10 January 2023 |title=Joachim B. Olsen: De skal kæmpe om posten i Nye Borgerlige |url=https://www.bt.dk/politik/joachim-b-olsen-de-skal-kaempe-om-posten-i-nye-borgerlige |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513212423/https://www.bt.dk/politik/joachim-b-olsen-de-skal-kaempe-om-posten-i-nye-borgerlige |archive-date=13 May 2023 |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=B.T.}}{{Cite web |last=Bach |first=Jeppe Tholstrup |date=10 January 2023 |title=Vermund siger farvel – her er eksperternes bud på hendes efterfølger |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-10-vermund-siger-farvel-her-er-eksperternes-bud-paa-hendes-efterfoelger |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114143410/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-10-vermund-siger-farvel-her-er-eksperternes-bud-paa-hendes-efterfoelger |archive-date=14 January 2023 |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=TV 2}}{{Cite web |last=Westersø |first=Rikke Struck |date=15 January 2023 |title=Pernille Vermund efterlader Nye Borgerlige i krise: - Partiet er truet på sin eksistens |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-12-pernille-vermund-efterlader-nye-borgerlige-i-krise-partiet-er-truet-paa-sin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117154018/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-12-pernille-vermund-efterlader-nye-borgerlige-i-krise-partiet-er-truet-paa-sin |archive-date=17 January 2023 |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=TV 2}} The two were seen as representing the liberal and the national conservative wings in the party, respectively.{{Cite web |last=Holst |first=Emma Qvirin |date=11 January 2023 |title=Politisk redaktør: Facebookkriger nævnes af mange som Vermunds afløser. Men en ung, nyvalgt NB'er kan også tage over |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/politisk-redaktoer-facebookkriger-naevnes-af-mange-som-vermunds-afloeser-men-en-ung-nyvalgt-nber-kan-ogsaa-tage-over |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514095820/https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/politisk-redaktoer-facebookkriger-naevnes-af-mange-som-vermunds-afloeser-men-en-ung-nyvalgt-nber-kan-ogsaa-tage-over |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=14 May 2023 |website=Altinget.dk |quote=Men kendere af partiet peger på, at den nyvalgte Mikkel Bjørn – sin unge alder til trods og totale mangel på Christiansborg-erfaring – også kunne være et bud. Han repræsenterer den meget nationalkonservative fløj i partiet, mens Boje Mathiesen, som også har en fortid i Liberal Alliance, er, ja, meget liberal}}{{Cite web |last=Bentzen |first=Jeppe |date=26 January 2023 |title=Pibe eller protest |url=https://www.weekendavisen.dk/content/item/49663 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513214452/https://www.weekendavisen.dk/2023-4/samfund/pibe-eller-protest |archive-date=13 May 2023 |access-date=10 April 2023 |website=Weekendavisen}}
On 17 January, Boje announced his leadership candidacy, receiving support from Seier and Edberg but not Bjørn and Vermund, the latter having announced that she would abstain from commenting on the choice of her successor.{{cite news |last1=Astrup |first1=Peter |title=Mikkel Bjørn bakkede ikke Lars Boje op på aftenens møde |url=https://www.bt.dk/politik/mikkel-bjoern-bakkede-ikke-lars-boje-op-paa-aftenens-moede |access-date=26 June 2023 |work=www.bt.dk |date=17 January 2023 |language=da}} A week later, Bjørn left Nye Borgerlige for the Danish People's Party, citing internal dissension with Boje and a lack of belief in his abilities to lead.{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=24 January 2023 |title=Mikkel Bjørn forlader Nye Borgerlige og melder sig ind i DF |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/mikkel-bjoern-forlader-nye-borgerlige-og-melder-sig-ind-i-df-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514065836/https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/mikkel-bjoern-forlader-nye-borgerlige-og-melder-sig-ind-i-df-0 |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Berlingske |agency=Ritzau}} In turn, Boje blamed Bjørn for putting himself before the party,{{cite news |last1=Eller |first1=Emil |date=24 January 2023 |title=Lars Boje afviser anklager fra afhoppet folketingsmedlem: 'Nogle gange sætter folk sig selv foran sagen' |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/lars-boje-afviser-anklager-fra-afhoppet-folketingsmedlem-nogle-gange-saetter-folk |access-date=26 June 2023 |work=DR |language=da-DK}} whereas Vermund criticised Bjørn for leaving his post prematurely and taking his seat to another party, having been elected for Nye Borgerlige with the lowest personal number of votes of all the party's parliamentarians.{{cite news |last1=Bloch |first1=Cathrine |last2=Fallentin |first2=Mia Gleerup |date=24 January 2023 |title=»Jeg vidste jo godt, at det kunne blive grimt,« erklærede Pernille Vermund. Det blev det |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/jeg-vidste-jo-godt-at-det-kunne-blive-grimt-erklaerede-pernille-vermund |access-date=26 June 2023 |work=Berlingske.dk |language=da}} Bjørn's defection was followed by those of the chairman and deputy chairman of the youth wing Nye Borgerliges Ungdom. In the end, no other candidates entered the race for chairman, ensuring Boje's unanimous election as party leader{{Cite web |last=Westersø |first=Rikke Struck |date=25 January 2023 |title=Lars Boje Mathiesen bliver ny formand for Nye Borgerlige |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-25-lars-boje-mathiesen-vil-blive-ny-formand-for-nye-borgerlige |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201041000/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-25-lars-boje-mathiesen-bliver-ny-formand-for-nye-borgerlige |archive-date=1 February 2023 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=TV 2}} on 7 February.{{Cite web |date=7 February 2023 |title=Lars Boje er valgt som formand for Nye Borgerlige |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-02-07-lars-boje-er-valgt-som-formand-for-nye-borgerlige |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314065543/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-02-07-lars-boje-er-valgt-som-formand-for-nye-borgerlige |archive-date=14 March 2023 |access-date=14 March 2023 |website=TV 2}}
= Boje as chairman =
Besides the election of Boje, the party conference on 7 February 2023 among six aspiring candidates elected local councillor Henriette Ergemann as new political deputy leader by 204 out of the 317 delegates' votes,{{Cite web |date=2023-02-07 |title=Lars Boje er valgt som formand for Nye Borgerlige - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-02-07-lars-boje-er-valgt-som-formand-for-nye-borgerlige |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314065543/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-02-07-lars-boje-er-valgt-som-formand-for-nye-borgerlige |archive-date=2023-03-14 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} succeeding Seier who had announced his resignation in January.{{Cite web |title=Peter Seier Christensen forlader posten som næstformand i Nye Borgerlige |url=https://www.tv2east.dk/sjaelland-og-oeerne/peter-seier-christensen-forlader-posten-som-naestformand-i-nye-borgerlige |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406153453/https://www.tv2east.dk/sjaelland-og-oeerne/peter-seier-christensen-forlader-posten-som-naestformand-i-nye-borgerlige |archive-date=2023-04-06 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=TV2 ØST |language=da}} After 13 days, however, Ergemann resigned following criticism of a number of controversial statements by her about COVID-19 vaccines and political opponents.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-20 |title=Nye Borgerliges næstformand trækker sig efter to uger på posten |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerliges-naestformand-traekker-sig-efter-uger-paa-posten |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=DR |language=da-DK |archive-date=2023-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220111334/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerliges-naestformand-traekker-sig-efter-uger-paa-posten |url-status=live }} Ergemann left the party on 6 March,{{Cite web |last=Politik |first=Ritzau |date=2023-03-06 |title=Tidligere næstformand for Nye Borgerlige melder sig ud af partiet |url=https://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/politik/tidligere-naestformand-for-nye-borgerlige-melder-sig-ud-af-partiet/4150720 |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=www.nordjyske.dk |language=da |archive-date=2023-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306084342/https://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/politik/tidligere-naestformand-for-nye-borgerlige-melder-sig-ud-af-partiet/4150720 |url-status=live }} rejoining it in February 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-05 |title=Nye Borgerliges tidligere næstformand vender tilbage til partiet |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/nye-borgerliges-tidligere-naestformand-vender-tilbage-til-partiet |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Altinget.dk}}
Some commentators predicted that the election of Boje would move the party towards a less pragmatic, less national conservative and more liberal and protest party-like position,{{Cite web |last=Sabah |first=Mahamad-Bakher |date=2023-02-08 |title=Nye Borgerlige ville ikke være et protestparti. Nu har de Danmarks største protestpolitiker som formand |url=https://www.zetland.dk/historie/soGx4L96-aeAEaNN5-2a837 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Zetland |language=da |archive-date=2023-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220225913/https://www.zetland.dk/historie/soGx4L96-aeAEaNN5-2a837 |url-status=live }} though Boje himself stated that he would continue the political line of Vermund. However, only 31 days after his election, it was on 10 March announced that the national had, the evening prior, unanimously chosen to dismiss Boje as party leader and expel him from the party due to disputes over remuneration and campaign finances.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-10 |title=Forstå pengeslagsmålet bag det dramatiske opgør i Nye Borgerlige |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/forstaa-pengeslagsmaalet-bag-det-dramatiske-opgoer-i-nye-borgerlige |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=DR |language=da-DK |archive-date=2023-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311183802/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/forstaa-pengeslagsmaalet-bag-det-dramatiske-opgoer-i-nye-borgerlige |url-status=live }} Boje continued in the Folketing as an independent.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-10 |title=Ekskluderet formand forsætter som løsgænger i Folketinget |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/1712604 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Berlingske.dk |language=da}} As a concomitant of Boje's exit, the party was set to lose 3.5 million Danish kroner of its public funds, with effect after 12 months.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-14 |title=Nye Borgerlige taber millioner – Vermund vil søge penge udefra |url=https://politiken.dk/indland/art9258733/Nye-Borgerlige-taber-millioner-%E2%80%93-Vermund-vil-s%C3%B8ge-penge-udefra |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Politiken |language=da-DK |archive-date=2023-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406200118/https://politiken.dk/indland/art9258733/Nye-Borgerlige-taber-millioner-%E2%80%93-Vermund-vil-s%C3%B8ge-penge-udefra |url-status=live }}
= After Boje =
Following the expulsion, Vermund conveyed her willingness to once again take over as party leader{{Cite web |date=2023-03-10 |title=Vermund vil være formand: 'Jeg er på ny klar til at tage os videre og kæmpe' |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/vermund-vil-vaere-formand-jeg-er-paa-ny-klar-til-tage-os-videre-og-kaempe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312172743/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/vermund-vil-vaere-formand-jeg-er-paa-ny-klar-til-tage-os-videre-og-kaempe |archive-date=2023-03-12 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |last1=Redder |first1=Anders |last2=Abrahamsen |first2=Sebastian |date=2023-03-10 |title=En intern mail fra Vermund afslører, at Lars Bojes eksklusion er en kamp om Nye Borgerliges dna |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE15313892/paa-en-afsides-ferieoe-skrev-vermund-at-hun-aldrig-ville-vende-hjem-et-doegn-senere-stod-hun-i-en-helt-surrealistisk-situation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311204010/http://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE15313892/paa-en-afsides-ferieoe-skrev-vermund-at-hun-aldrig-ville-vende-hjem-et-doegn-senere-stod-hun-i-en-helt-surrealistisk-situation/ |archive-date=2023-03-11 |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Jyllands-Posten |language=da}} and to run in the next general election.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-13 |title=Lars Boje-skandale tvinger Vermund til at stille op igen ved næste folketingsvalg - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-03-13-lars-boje-skandale-tvinger-vermund-til-at-stille-op-igen-ved-naeste |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404183931/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-03-13-lars-boje-skandale-tvinger-vermund-til-at-stille-op-igen-ved-naeste |archive-date=2023-04-04 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} From then until October, the party was formally led by collectively by its national executive headed by acting chairman Jesper Hammer,{{Cite news |date=12 April 2023 |title=Nye Borgerlige vælger først ny formand til oktober |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-04-12-nye-borgerlige-vaelger-forst-ny-formand-til-oktober |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412223554/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-04-12-nye-borgerlige-vaelger-forst-ny-formand-til-oktober |archive-date=12 April 2023 |access-date=13 April 2023 |work=TV 2 |language=Danish |agency=Ritzau}} with Vermund as front figure and de facto chairman.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Nye Borgerlige - Partiets etablering og ideologi - lex.dk |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Nye_Borgerlige |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Den Store Danske |language=da |quote=Herefter blev partiet formelt kollektivt ledet af hovedbestyrelsen med Vermund som frontfigur og de facto formand, indtil hun formelt blev valgt uden modkandidater på landsmødet den 28. oktober 2023.}} In the first week after Boje's dismissal some 500 members left, amounting to around 2,000 defections in total since the 2022 generation election.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-17 |title=500 medlemmer er flygtet fra Nye Borgerlige på én uge |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/500-medlemmer-er-flygtet-fra-nye-borgerlige-paa-en-uge |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327100033/http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/500-medlemmer-er-flygtet-fra-nye-borgerlige-paa-en-uge |archive-date=2023-03-27 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=DR |language=da-DK}} From the local election in November 2021 until March 2023, the party lost 22 out of 64 municipal council members,{{Cite news |date=27 March 2023 |title=Nye Borgerlige har mistet en tredjedel af sine byrådsmedlemmer |work=TV 2 |agency=Ritzau |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-03-27-nye-borgerlige-har-mistet-en-tredjedel-af-sine-byradsmedlemmer |url-status=live |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523120742/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-03-27-nye-borgerlige-har-mistet-en-tredjedel-af-sine-byradsmedlemmer |archive-date=23 May 2023}} including all in the four biggest Danish cities (Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense).{{Cite web |date=2023-03-27 |title=Nye Borgerlige mister byrådsmedlem i Aarhus - er ikke længere repræsenteret i de fire største byer |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-mister-byraadsmedlem-i-aarhus-er-ikke-laengere-repraesenteret-i-de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403132143/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-mister-byraadsmedlem-i-aarhus-er-ikke-laengere-repraesenteret-i-de |archive-date=2023-04-03 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}
In April, Seier called in sick with stress, effectively reducing Nye Borgerlige's number of active parliamentarians to two.{{Efn|In order to avoid his substitute Henriette Ergemann who had left the party from entering the Folketing, Seier decided, in accordance with law, to abstain from officially calling himself in sick and instead simply stopped attending work.{{Cite web |last=Mathiesen |first=Charlotte Bech |date=11 May 2023 |title=Vermund skoser omstridt vikar |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/vermund-skoser-omstridt-vikar/9760252 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523094428/https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/vermund-skoser-omstridt-vikar/9760252 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |access-date=23 May 2023 |website=Ekstra Bladet}}}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=En halveret folketingsgruppe, medlemmer der flygter og en sygemelding: 'Det går fint' i Nye Borgerlige |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/en-halveret-folketingsgruppe-medlemmer-der-flygter-og-en-sygemelding-det-gaar-fint-i |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=DR |language=da-DK |archive-date=2023-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404161516/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/en-halveret-folketingsgruppe-medlemmer-der-flygter-og-en-sygemelding-det-gaar-fint-i |url-status=live }} On 10 May, Vermund announced a more pragmatic strategy for the party, which included no linger insisting on its three main immigration policy demands as non-negotiable. According to Vermund, insisting on having these demands fulfilled as a prerequisite for supporting a right-wing government would not make sense given the parliamentary situation.{{Cite news |last=Schulz |first=Rasmus Bragh |date=10 May 2023 |title=Pernille Vermund dropper Nye Borgerliges tre ufravigelige krav: »Det er jo helt ulogisk« |work=Berlingske |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/pernille-vermund-dropper-nye-borgerliges-tre-ufravigelige-krav-det-er-jo |url-status=live |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607091248/https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/pernille-vermund-dropper-nye-borgerliges-tre-ufravigelige-krav-det-er-jo |archive-date=7 June 2023}} On 13 October, Martin Henriksen, a former Danish People's Party MF who had joined Nye Borgerlige in June,{{Cite news |last=Restrup |first=Anne Katrine |date=13 June 2023 |title=Tidligere DF-profil melder sig ind i Nye Borgerlige |url=https://www.bt.dk/politik/tidligere-df-profil-melder-sig-ind-i-nye-borgerlige?fbclid=IwAR1eTItZxFZW9Y9HWKElMEQ7JI0GGO7r69eYOBc6sVfz2mmWR8xXaqE-jlc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613093950/https://www.bt.dk/politik/tidligere-df-profil-melder-sig-ind-i-nye-borgerlige |archive-date=13 June 2023 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=B.T.}} was appointed its leading candidate for the 2024 European Parliament election.{{cite news |date=13 October 2023 |title=Martin Henriksen bliver spidskandidat for Nye Borgerlige {{!}} Nyheder |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/martin-henriksen-bliver-spidskandidat-nye-borgerlige |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=DR |language=da-DK}}{{efn|However, the party would ultimately not compete in that election.}}
= Vermund interlude and Henriksen as chairman =
At the annual conference of the party on 28 October 2023, Vermund was again officially elected chairman.{{cite news |title=Pernille Vermund er nu igen officielt formand for Nye Borgerlige {{!}} Nyheder |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/pernille-vermund-er-nu-igen-officielt-formand-nye-borgerlige |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=DR |date=28 October 2023 |language=da-DK}} However, on 10 January 2024 Vermund surprisingly announced that she and Edberg had recommended the dissolution of the party to the national executive, and that they were as of then without party affiliation in parliament. The reason cited was an abundance of right-wing parties in parliament.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-10 |title=Pernille Vermund opløser Nye Borgerlige - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2024-01-10-pernille-vermund-oploeser-nye-borgerlige |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} On 16 January, the party's parliamentary group was formally dissolved,{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Nye Borgerlige får sidste dødsstød på Christiansborg - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2024-01-16-nye-borgerlige-faar-sidste-doedsstoed-paa-christiansborg |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} with Vermund joining the Liberal Alliance the subsequent day,{{Cite web |date=2024-01-17 |title=Pernille Vermund bliver medlem af Liberal Alliance - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2024-01-17-pernille-vermund-bliver-medlem-af-liberal-alliance |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} whose chairman Alex Vanopslagh had before Christmas privately invited her to do so.{{cite news |last1=Kildegaard |first1=Kasper |last2=Svold |first2=Mathias |title=Nu melder hun ud: Pernille Vermund skifter til Liberal Alliance |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/nu-melder-hun-ud-pernille-vermund-skifter-til-liberal-alliance |work=Berlingske.dk |date=17 January 2024 |language=da}} Concurrently, many local party activists announced that they intended to continue the existence of the party, several of them pointing to Henriksen as a potential new party leader.{{cite news |date=16 January 2024 |title=På en kro over stegt flæsk vil bagland lægge plan for at holde Nye Borgerlige i live |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/paa-en-kro-over-stegt-flaesk-vil-bagland-laegge-plan-holde-nye-borgerlige-i-live |work=DR |language=da-DK}} Nye Borgerliges Ungdom dissolved itself on 3 March,{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=Nye Borgerliges Ungdom går i opløsning |url=https://www.altinget.dk/navnenyt/nye-borgerlige-ungdom-gaar-i-oploesning |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Altinget.dk}} while Edberg joined the Denmark Democrats on 19 March.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=Mads Fuglede slutter sig til Støjberg: "Virkelig en sort dag for Venstre" |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/to-folketingsmedlemmer-skifter-til-danmarksdemokraterne |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Altinget.dk}}
On 16 April, on an extraordinary party conference 172 delegates out of 185 voted in favour of continuing the party's existence, electing Henriksen by 169–3 against his opponent Daniel Fischer.{{cite news |last1=Løvkvist |first1=Kasper |title=Martin Henriksen var kun lige blevet partiformand. Så kom en kender af Nye Borgerlige med en opsigtsvækkende forudsigelse |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/martin-henriksen-var-kun-lige-blevet-partiformand-saa-kom-en-kender-af-nye |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=Berlingske.dk |date=17 April 2024 |language=da}} As of that date, the party had 20 municipal councilors and two regions counselors remaining, while the membership in May was approximating 3,000 members.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-25 |title=Nye Borgerlige bider i det sure æble og går i gang med plan B: 'Håb er jo ikke en strategi' |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-bider-i-det-sure-aeble-og-gaar-i-gang-med-plan-b-haab-er-jo-ikke-en |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=DR |language=da-DK}} On 15 May 2024 both former acting chairmen Frederik Meyer and Jesper Hammer left the party.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-15 |title=Prominente medlemmer forlader Nye Borgerlige i protest over politianmeldelse - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2024-05-15-prominente-medlemmer-forlader-nye-borgerlige-i-protest-over-politianmeldelse |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}
Party platform
{{Conservatism in Denmark}}
According to Nye Borgerlige's 2015 manifesto, the party combines "a classically conservative value-based policy with a {{lang|da|borgerlig}} economic policy and an unambiguous resistance towards conventions and supranational agreements limiting Danish democracy".{{Cite web |title=Principprogram |url=https://nyeborgerlige.dk/principprogram/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Nye Borgerlige |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530173154/https://nyeborgerlige.dk/principprogram/ |url-status=live }} It is in favour of Danish withdrawal from the EU, a liberal economic policy and a further tightening of immigration policy.{{Cite web |last=Tvedt |first=Knut Are |date=4 January 2023 |title=Nye Borgerlige |url=https://snl.no/Nye_Borgerlige |website=Store Norske Leksikon}} The party's self-professed five main principles are:
- A strong cultural community of values
- Less state, more human
- Common responsibility for society's weakest
- Reasonable protection of natural values
- Freedom, democracy, and national sovereignty
The party is located on the right side of the political spectrum regarding both the distribution and value dimensions{{Cite web |last=Kosiara-Pedersen |first=Karina |date=20 April 2023 |title=Nye Borgerlige |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Nye_Borgerlige |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523180309/https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Nye_Borgerlige |archive-date=23 May 2023 |access-date=23 May 2023 |website=Den Store Danske |language=da}} and is considered the most right-wing{{explain|date=August 2023}} party in the Danish Parliament Folketinget.{{cite news |title=DRTV - Vermund og kampen om højrefløjen |url=https://www.dr.dk/drtv/program/vermund-og-kampen-om-hoejrefloejen_148912 |access-date=29 July 2023 |work=www.dr.dk |publisher=DR |language=da}}{{cite news |last1=Mogensen |first1=Lars Trier |title=Nye Borgerlige lever op til de værste bange anelser om sig selv |url=https://www.information.dk/indland/2022/11/nye-borgerlige-lever-vaerste-bange-anelser |access-date=29 July 2023 |work=Information |date=10 November 2022 |language=da}}
The party has been described as national conservative, national liberal,{{cite news |title=DF om Nye Borgerliges krav til Løkke: Det er vores politik |trans-title=TDF on Nye Borgerlige's demands for Løkke: That is our policy |url=https://www.information.dk/indland/2018/09/df-nye-borgerliges-krav-loekke-vores-politik |work=Dagbladet Information |date=4 September 2018 |language=da |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105082520/https://www.information.dk/indland/2018/09/df-nye-borgerliges-krav-loekke-vores-politik |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Soldater: Nye Borgerliges idé er gennemført tåbelig |trans-title=Soldiers: Nye Borgerlige' idea is completely stupid |url=https://politiken.dk/indland/politik/art5637715/Soldater-Nye-Borgerliges-id%C3%A9-er-gennemf%C3%B8rt-t%C3%A5belig |work=Politiken |date=29 September 2016 |language=da |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105082520/https://www.information.dk/indland/2018/09/df-nye-borgerliges-krav-loekke-vores-politik |url-status=live }} right-wing populist, nationalist,{{cite news|work=Bloomberg |title=41-Year-Old Woman May Become Youngest Ever Danish Prime Minister |date=5 June 2019 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-04/41-year-old-woman-may-become-youngest-ever-danish-prime-minister |access-date=2019-06-07 |archive-date=2019-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605001553/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-04/41-year-old-woman-may-become-youngest-ever-danish-prime-minister |url-status=live}} libertarian on economic issues, anti-immigration and anti-Islam.
Although the party supports Danish NATO membership, in November 2023 it expressed opposition to additional funding for Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War, describing Islamic immigration as a greater threat to European security.{{cite news|title=Nye Borgerlige-spids: Træk støtten til Ukraine!|work=Ekstrabladet|date=29 November 2023|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/nye-borgerlige-spids-traek-stoetten-til-ukraine/10041578}}
Election results
= Parliament (Folketing) =
{{See also|Folketing}}
File:Folketingsvalget 2022 - Opstillingskredse D andel af stemmer.svg, showing the vote share received by Nye Borgerlige in each nomination district and constituency]]
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |
| Election
! Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Government |
|---|
| 2019
| rowspan="2" | Pernille Vermund | 83,228 | 2.4 (#9) | {{Composition bar|4|179|{{party color|The New Right (Denmark)}}}} | New | {{no2|Opposition}} |
| 2022
| 129,524 | 3.7 (#10) | {{Composition bar|6|179|{{party color|The New Right (Denmark)}}}} | {{increase}} 2 | {{no2|Opposition}} |
= Local elections =
| valign="top"|
;Municipal elections {| class="wikitable" width="250px" style="text-align: center" ! rowspan="2"| Date ! rowspan="2"|Leader ! colspan="2"| Seats |
| #
! ± |
|---|
| 2017
| rowspan="2" | Pernille Vermund | {{Composition bar|1|2432|{{party color|The New Right (Denmark)}}}} | New |
| 2021
| {{Composition bar|64|2436|{{party color|The New Right (Denmark)}}}} | {{increase}} 63 |
|width="33"|
|valign="top"|
;Regional elections
| class="wikitable" width="250px" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2"| Date ! rowspan="2"|Leader ! colspan="2"| Seats |
| #
! ± |
|---|
| 2017
| rowspan="2" | Pernille Vermund | {{Composition bar|0|205|{{party color|The New Right (Denmark)}}}} | New |
| 2021
| {{Composition bar|8|205|{{party color|The New Right (Denmark)}}}} | {{increase}} 8 |
|}
Leadership
{{Officeholder table start|showorder=y|showimage=y|image_title=Portrait|officeholder_title=Leader|showtermstart=y|showtermend=y|showparty=n|showtermlenght=y|showdefencebranch=n}}
{{Officeholder table|order=1|image=Pernille Vermund, juni 2020.jpg|officeholder=Pernille Vermund|born_year=1975|died_year=|term_start=19 October 2015|term_end=7 February 2023|timeinoffice={{age in years and days|2015|10|19|2023|2|7}}}}
{{Officeholder table|order=2|image=Lars Boje Mathiesen - Nye Borgerlige.jpg|officeholder=Lars Boje Mathiesen|born_year=1975|died_year=|term_start=7 February 2023|term_end=9 March 2023|timeinoffice={{age in years and days|2023|2|7|2023|3|9}}}}
{{Officeholder table|order=–|image|officeholder=Jesper Hammer|born_year=1969|died_year=|term_start=9 March 2023|term_end=28 October 2023|timeinoffice={{age in years and days|2023|3|9|2023|10|28}}|acting=y}}
{{Officeholder table|order=(1)|image=Pernille Vermund, juni 2020.jpg|officeholder=Pernille Vermund|born_year=1975|died_year=|term_start=28 October 2023|term_end=10 January 2024|timeinoffice={{age in years and days|2023|10|28|2024|1|10}}}}
{{Officeholder table|order=–|image|officeholder=Frederik Meyer Johannesen|born_year=1998|died_year=|term_start=10 January 2024|term_end=16 April 2024|timeinoffice={{age in years and days|2024|1|10|2024|4|16}}|acting=y}}
{{Officeholder table|order=3|image=Martin Henriksen, 2012.jpg|officeholder=Martin Henriksen|born_year=1980|died_year=|term_start=16 April 2024|term_end=Incumbent|timeinoffice={{ayd|2024|4|16}} }}
{{officeholder table end}}
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://nyeborgerlige.dk/ Official website]
- [https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Nye_Borgerlige Nye Borgerlige] on Den Store Danske
{{Danish political parties}}
Category:Political parties established in 2015
Category:2015 establishments in Denmark
Category:Libertarian conservative parties