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==History==

Common Course was officially founded in 1986,<ref>{{cite book|title=Western Europe 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9QYndAPmuQC&pg=PA132|accessdate=8 May 2016|date=30 November 2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-152-0|page=132}}</ref> but it was built on several factions of the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] which were planning for the emergence of a new party as early as 1979. The party's leader was [[Preben Møller Hansen]], writer, cook, and leader of the [[Danish sailorsSeamens' unionUnion]], who was expelled from the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] in 1979. He was known for his outspoken way of expressing himself, frequently using [[swearwordsswear words]], making broad generaliwationsgeneralizations and [[anti-elitism|anti-elitist]] statements. The party itself gathered both communists and left-wing socialists, united in an inveterate struggle against [[Denmark and the European Union|Denmark's membership]] of the [[European Communities]]. The party's official immigration policy was quite restrictive, contrary to other parties on the left. It actively supported communist regimes in the [[Soviet Union]], [[Cuba]], and [[North Korea]], as well as Colonel [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]] in [[Libya]], and was a collective member of organisations supporting these nations.

In the [[1988 Danish parliamentary election|1988 parliamentary election]], the party achieved 1.9% of the votes, thereby failing to pass the 2% [[election threshold]]. In an attempt to regain parliamentary representation, Common Course started cooperating with [[Mogens Glistrup]]'s right-wing [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Progress Party]], causing many members to fleedesert. The attempt failed, the party was dissolved in 2001, and members were recommended to join the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] instead (which later merged into the [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]] in 1991).

Former member of Danish parliament [[Line Barfod]] ([[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]]) was a former member of Common Course, and was chairperson of its youth wing in the years 1984–1985, before the actual formation of the party.