Danish People's Party
Political party in Denmark
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| 2025 | Party leader Morten Messerschmidt called for reducing Danish military support to Ukraine, advocating for Ukraine to make territorial concessions to secure peace and opposing Ukrainian NATO membership during the ongoing conflict. |
| 2024 | Danish People's Party joined the Patriots for Europe group after the European Parliament election, founded by Fidesz, FPÖ, and ANO 2011. |
| September 2024 | National Rally leader Jordan Bardella visited Copenhagen to address the party conference and establish a working partnership with the Danish People's Party. |
| July 2024 | MEP Anders Vistisen proposed a motion urging peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, stating there is 'no military solution to the conflict' and peace is the only viable solution. |
| February 2023 | Mette Thiesen, previously elected for Nye Borgerlige, joined the Danish People's Party, further increasing its parliamentary seat count to seven. |
| January 2023 | Mikkel Bjørn, previously elected for Nye Borgerlige, joined the Danish People's Party, increasing its parliamentary seat count. |
| 2022 | The party experienced its worst general election result ever, winning only five seats, and suffered defections to the newly formed Denmark Democrats party. |
| 2022 | Danish People's Party suffered its worst election result, receiving 2.6% of the vote and securing only 5 parliamentary seats. |
| December 2022 | Morten Messerschmidt was acquitted of all charges related to prior allegations of misuse of EU funds, which political analysts viewed as potentially helping restore the party's reputation. |
| June 2022 | A major party exodus occurred, with 11 out of 16 MPs leaving the party, including Thulesen Dahl, who relinquished his seat to the next party member in line. |
| January 2022 | Kristian Thulesen Dahl stepped down as party leader, with Morten Messerschmidt winning the leadership election by securing 499 out of 828 delegators' votes. |
| 2021 | Significantly expanded to 130 municipal election seats and 15 regional seats, retaining one mayoral position. |
| 2021 | In local elections, DPP suffered major losses, losing 130 of its 221 previous seats and achieving only 4.1% of the vote. |
| 2019 | In the Danish general election, the Social Democrats successfully reclaimed voters from Danish People's Party by adopting left-wing welfare policies and right-wing social stances. |
| 2019 | The party announced joining the Identity and Democracy group in the European Parliament, led by Matteo Salvini. |
| 2019 | The party experienced a significant decline, falling to 3rd place with 10.8% in the European Parliament election and 8.7% in the Danish general election, losing 21 seats. |
| 2017 | Experienced a decline, winning 32 municipal election seats, 2 regional seats, and securing their first mayoral position. |
| 2015 | DPP reached its peak political influence by becoming the second largest party in Denmark, winning 21% of the vote in the general election. |
| 2015 | The Danish People's Party (DF) achieved its highest electoral performance, winning 21.08% of the national vote under Kristian Thulesen Dahl's leadership and securing 37 seats, placing the party in second place nationally. |
| 2014 | Three years after the Libyan intervention, foreign affairs spokesman Espersen stated the party's support for the intervention was a 'mistake' based on a misunderstanding of the Libyan rebels' ideology. |
| 2014 | In the European Parliament election, DPP secured 27% of the vote as part of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, demonstrating its growing political strength. |
| 2014 | Danish People's Party moved to the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament. |
| 2014 | Foreign affairs spokesman Søren Espersen acknowledged the party's mistake in supporting the 2003 Iraq invasion, stating that Saddam Hussein's rule was 'far preferable' to the subsequent events. |
| 2013 | Secured 69 municipal election seats and 4 regional election seats, maintaining a strong local political position. |
| 2012 | Danish People's Party and Sweden Democrats formed the Nordic Freedom group in the Nordic Council. |
| September 15 2012 | Kristian Thuesen Dahl succeeded Pia Kjærsgaard as party chairman. |
| 2011 | The party supported Danish enforcement of a no-fly zone in Libya and eventually backed direct military involvement in solidarity with NATO, despite initial skepticism. |
| 2011 | The party experienced its first electoral decline, maintaining its position as the third largest party but losing vote share, dropping to 12.3% in the parliamentary election. |
| 2010 | Danish People's Party proposed a complete stop to all immigration from non-Western countries, following a previous month's proposal to toughen the 24-year rule for immigration. |
| 2010 | Pia Kjærsgaard travelled to Sweden to support the Sweden Democrats' election campaign, marking a shift in the party's previous distancing from the Sweden Democrats. |
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