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| colorcode = red
| leader = [[Preben Møller Hansen]]
| split = [[Communist Party of Denmark]]
| foundation = 1986
| dissolved = 2001
| headquarters = Copengahen
| ideology = [[Communism]]<br>[[Euroscepticism]]<br>[[Populism]]<br>[[Nationalism]]
| position = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]] to [[far-left politics|far left]]
| international =
| country = Denmark
}}
'''Common Course''' ({{lang-da|Fælles Kurs}}) was a [[political party in Denmark]], which held 4 seats in the Danish parliament [[Folketinget|Danish parliament]] from 1987–1988.
==History==
Common Course was officially formedfounded 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 sailors' union, who was expelled from the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] in 1979. He was known for his outspoken way of expressing himself, frequently using [[swearwords]], making broad generalizationsgeneraliwations and [[anti-elitism|anti-elitist]] statements. The party itself gathered both communists and left-wing socialists, united in an inveterate struggle against EU[[Denmark and the European Union|Denmark's membership]] of the [[European Communities]]. ItsThe 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 organizationsorganisations supporting these nations.
In the [[1988 Danish parliamentary election|national1988 parliamentary elections in 1988election]], 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 flee. The attempt failed, the party was dissolved in 2001, and members were recommended to join the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] instead (memberwhich oflater merged into the [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]] sincein 1991).
Former member of FolketingetDanish parliament [[Line Barfod]] ([[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]]) iswas 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.
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