Pia Kjærsgaard

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Pia Merete Kjærsgaard (born February 23, 1947 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish politician . As the initiator and chairwoman (1995 to 2012) of the right-wing populist Dansk Folkeparti (Danish People's Party, DF for short), she distinguished herself primarily in the fight against immigration and multiculturalism . She secured parliamentary support for the minority governments of Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Lars Løkke Rasmussen from 2001 to 2011. In 2015 she elected the Folketing to be President of Parliament .

background

Kjærsgaard is the daughter of the merchant Poul Kjærsgaard and his wife Inge Munch Jensen. After graduating from elementary school in 1963, she attended business school in Copenhagen until 1965. 1963–1967 she worked in home care for the elderly in Gentofte . 1978–1984 she was an office worker in the insurance and advertising industries.

politics

Kjærsgaard began her political career as a candidate for the Danish Progressive Party in the constituency of Ryvang (1979-1981), later in the constituencies Ballerup and Gladsaxe (1981-1983), Hvidovre (1983-1984) and finally in the constituency of Middelfart (1984-1995). In 1984 she received her first seat in the Folketing, the Danish parliament, for the Progressive Party. From 1987 she ran as a top candidate.

In 1995 Kjærsgaard left the Progress Party after an internal dispute and founded the Danish People's Party together with others . In 1997 she ran for the DF in Glostrup , later in Hellerup and Gentofte (1997-2005) and received another seat in the Folketing.

To the extent that voters turned away from the Progress Party, the DF was able to gain votes. In 2001 it became the third largest political force with 12 percent. Kjærsgaard received 38,347 preferential votes as a candidate in 2005 , which was only exceeded by then Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen . The DF formed a primarily national and nativist platform on the line of other European right-wing parties . On the one hand, she advocated tightening of criminal law and strict immigration restrictions, and on the other, for an expansion of social benefits. By working with the government of Anders Fogh Rasmussen (liberal Venstre ), she was able to enforce some of her political demands.

On September 15, 2012, Kjærsgaard handed over the chairmanship to Kristian Thulesen Dahl . Since then she has held the newly created post of value policy spokeswoman (Danish: værdiordfører ) and moved into the Presidium of the Folketing. Following the 2015 Folketing elections , she became President of Parliament.

Positions and goals

Kjærsgaard's most frequently mentioned goals are to limit immigration to Denmark, to develop care for the elderly and to preserve the country's sovereignty vis-à-vis the European Union . In the Danish euro referendum in 2000, she successfully campaigned against the introduction of the euro .

In 2002 she said: “The Social Security Act is a thing of the past because it was tailored to Danish family traditions and work ethics, not Muslims who feel it is right to let others take care of themselves while the wife is giving birth to many children. The child allowance is exploited so that an immigrant earns a top income from having children alone. The range of punishments for group rape needs to be increased as this problem only arose with the vandalism of many second-generation antisocial immigrants. "

In 2008, she spoke out in favor of Taiwan being accepted into the World Health Organization and the United Nations .

Controversies and incidents

On March 24, 1998, Kjærsgaard was attacked during a demonstration by autonomous leftists in Copenhagen's Nørrebro district .

In 2001, in a DF publication, she described Muslims as people who “lie, cheat and deceive” and was then charged with “racist” statements. The police declined to bring proceedings against Kjærsgaard, saying there was no evidence that their statements violated racism laws.

In 2002 she was fined DKK 3000 for threatening a woman with pepper spray , the use of which is prohibited in Denmark. Kjærsgaard said she felt intimidated and threatened by the woman's behavior and announced her intention to advocate a change in gun laws.

In 2003 she was defeated in a libel suit before the Danish Supreme Court against the anti-EU activist Karen Sunds, who described Kjærsgaard's views as "racist". The court ruled that Sunds assumed that she only had a negative opinion about migrants, but not racism in the biological or National Socialist sense.

In 2007, Kjærsgaard claimed to have been verbally attacked during a parliamentary session by members of the Youth Association of Socialistisk Folkeparti . She then asked for an apology from Villy Søvndal , the party leader. The video recordings did not confirm Kjærsgaard's allegations, but instead showed a group of people from the youth association of the red-green Enhedslisten - de rød-grønne , throwing confetti at them and singing songs.

On February 23, 2019, the member of the Radical Venstre , Zenia Stampe , called on Facebook to remove Kjærsgaard as Speaker of Parliament. Accordingly, Kjærsgaard behaved partisanly in a parliamentary debate and defended her party colleague Kenneth Kristensen Berth against accusations of racism.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Biography of Pia Kjærsgaard . Danish Parliament. Archived from the original on March 30, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b Danish Peoples Party Program of Principles . Dansk Folkparti. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
  3. ↑ Johan Blem Larsen: Nu he formand Kjærsgaard forhenværende Berlingske Online, September 15, 2012 accessed 15. September 2012
  4. ↑ Få indvandrere ødelægger det for de mange , website of the Danish People's Party, 25 February 2002.
  5. ↑ Taiwan Mark of Honor to Mrs. Kjærsgaard ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Taipei Representative Office in Denmark, May 19, 2008.
  6. ↑ “Kjærsgaard følges konstant af livvagter” . Politics . May 21, 1998. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  7. ^ "MP fined" . The Copenhagen Post . March 3, 2003. Archived from the original on June 14, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
  8. ^ "Racism ruling" . The Copenhagen Post . June 20, 2003. Archived from the original on June 9, 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2006.
  9. ↑ Zenia Stampe vil afsætte Pia K. som Folketingets formand. Politiken, February 23, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2019 (da-DK).

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personal data
SURNAME Kjærsgaard, Pia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kjærsgaard, Pia Merete (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish politician, member of the Folketing
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen , Denmark