Political parties in the Faroe Islands

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The following political parties exist in the Faroe Islands , which belong to Denmark and have been autonomous since 1948 :

The Faroese party landscape in the traditional left-right scheme and with regard to the separation of the country from Denmark
Surname Electoral list German translation Alignment Seats in
Løgting
(2019) 		Seats in the
Folketing
(2019) 		founding Homepage
Fólkaflokkurin A. People's Party conservative,
economically liberal,
secessionist 		8th - 1939 folkaflokkurin.fo
Sambandsflokkurin B. Unionists conservative - liberal
agrarian
pro- Danish 		7th 1 1906 samband.fo
Javnaðarflokkurin C. Social democrats social democratic
unionist		 7th 1 1926 j.fo
Sjálvstýri
(until 2015 Sjálvstýrisflokkurin )		 D. New self-government (self-government party) social liberal
unionist		 1 - 1909 sjalvstyri.fo
Tjóðveldi E. republican ( green ) socialist
secessionist 		6th - 1948 tjodveldi.fo
Framsókn F. progress liberal
secessionist 		2 - 2011 framsokn.fo
Miðflokkurin H Center Party Christian - conservative
secessionist		 2 - 1992 midflokkurin.fo
Framtakið K - -
Føroyaflokkurin L. - -

The political landscape of the Faroe Islands not only differentiates between left (Social Democrats, Republicans) and right (People's Party, Center Party, Unionists), but across the board again between support for the imperial community with Denmark (especially unionists and social democrats) and detachment (especially republicans and People's Party).

Since 2005/06 there has been a rift through all camps regarding the legal equality of homosexuals , a dividing line between Christian fundamental and secular liberal. For example, while the leaders of the Republicans, Unionists and Social Democrats advocated liberalization, the party people raged and prominent members left their parties in protest. In 2008 the Christian Center Party questioned the continued existence of the coalition with Social Democrats and Republicans. There was a scandal that also attracted international attention in 2010 when several politicians stayed away from an official lunch with the openly lesbian Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir .

Historical parties

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The party was founded on March 9, 2011 by Poul Michelsen and Hanna Jensen.
  2. ↑ Equality threatens the government of the Faroe Islands (Danish)
  3. ↑ Violation of the Bible (Danish)