The Citizen List ( da, Borgerlisten) is a

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the Right-wing politics, right of the Left–right politics, political spectrum, but are closer to the Centrism, centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure a ...

political party in Denmark This article lists political parties in Denmark. da Denmark has a multi-party system, with two or three major parties complemented by several other significant parties. The government typically consists of a major party in coalition with, or supp ...

. Under the name Klaus Riskær Pedersen Party, after its founder , it entered the 2019 general election, failing to win any seats. Following the defeat, Riskær announced that the party would not again stand in an election, but later reversed that decision. In December 2019 he changed the party's name to its current name.

Background

In 1989, Klaus Riskær Pedersen ran in the European Parliament election for Venstre. Although fifth on the ballot, he received enough votes to become one of Venstre's three representatives in the European Parliament. Riskær declared bankruptcy in 1992 and in 1993 he was excluded from Venstre. He continued in the European Parliament as an independent politician. He founded the party ''De liberale 2000 (The Liberal 2000)'' and intended to run for the next European Parliament election, but did not manage to gather enough signatures to do so. In 2000, Riskær was sentenced two years in prison for fraud. This sentence was later prolonged. In 2014, Riskær published the book ''Socialkapitalisme (Social Capitalism),'' proving a change in his previous political stance. In the book, Riskær argues that the market has to be influenced by certain regards, requiring taxing and market regulation. Riskær joined The Alternative in 2015, but was kicked out after one week of membership. In 2018, he attempted to join the

Christian Democrats __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

. Stig Grenov, the party's leader, decided to not respond to the request.

History

In 2018, after his failed attempts to join politics through other parties, Riskær founded his own party, naming it after himself. In February 2019, after just 118 days, he had collected the necessary voter declarations to be on the ballot in the upcoming general election. The collection of the signatures broke the rules – Riskær found a way to circumvent a 7-day "thinking period" between a voter noting their support for a party and then confirming their signature in the online collection system. Even though the rules did not allow this, they contained no possibility of sanctions. Following this, all political parties in the Folketing agreed to close the loophole and build a new portal for declarations, expected to be available in the end 2020. At the election on 5 June 2019, the party gained 0.8% of the votes, below the election threshold of 2%. On the election night, Riskær announced that he would not contest another election, and the following day that the organization instead would seek political influence through other means. In October 2019, he announced that he had changed his mind, and that he would contest the next election, if it happens before his ballot access expires in August 2020. At the same time, he said that he would likely start collecting signatures to be able to run again after that date. In December, he changed the party's name to The Citizen List, and said he would start collecting signatures in the new year.

Background

History

Election results

Parliament

Notes

References