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Political party in Denmark
Forward Fremad
LeaderSimon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille
Founded7 November 2019 (2019-11-07)
Dissolved8 October 2020 (2020-10-08)
Split fromLiberal Alliance
IdeologyLiberalism
Classical liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right
Website
partietfremad.dk

Forward (Danish: Fremad) was a Danish political party founded in November 2019 by Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille and Christina Egelund, after they in October left the Liberal Alliance. Ammitzbøll-Bille was chairman and Egelund vice chairman and political spokesperson. Both had been leading figures in Liberal Alliance prior to the June election, that saw Egelund losing her seat in the Folketing, while Ammitzbøll-Bille was reelected.

Forward characterized itself as a centrist party based on liberal values, and saw itself as the centre-right version of the Danish Social Liberal Party. The party was pro-EU, and advocated for the abolition of two of the Danish opt-outs. They supported Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, chairman of Venstre, as prime minister. Their name was inspired by the French La République En Marche!.

On 8 October 2020, Simon Emil Amitzbøll-Bille and Christina Egelund announced that Forward was disbanded.

References

  1. ^ Steensbeck, Bjarne; Nicolas, S. Nielsen (7 November 2019). "Efter ugers mystik: Frafaldne LA-profiler stifter nyt borgerligt parti" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio Politik. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ Frandsen, Søren; Foxil, Emilie (7 November 2019). "Tidligere LA'ere starter nyt parti" (in Danish). TV 2 Politik. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille skrotter sit parti Fremad". Ritzau. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020 – via tv2.dk.
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