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Should it be harder to get into Parliament? Yes, says a number of MPs from Socialdemokratiet and Venstre. No, says Parliament’s second-largest party.

Several politicians say the electoral threshold should be raised

Of Borgens Parti's four elected members, only party leader Lars Boje Mathiesen remains. Foto: Jens Dresling
Of Borgens Parti's four elected members, only party leader Lars Boje Mathiesen remains. Foto: Jens Dresling
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After three out of four members of Borgernes Parti left the party, several prominent political voices are opening a sensitive discussion about whether it is too easy to get into the Danish Parliament. They argue that lawmakers should consider either raising the electoral threshold or increasing the number of voter declarations required to qualify to run.Oversættelsesdisclaimer

Members of Parliament and former speaker Henrik Dam Kristensen (Socialdemokratiet) have proposed increasing the number of signatures a party must collect to be eligible to run for a seat. For people with 100,000 followers or more on social media, collecting the required 20,387 signatures can easily be done, Henrik Dam Kristensen says.

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