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{{Infobox_Political_Party |

party_name = Common Course |

native_name = Fælles Kurs |

party_logo = <!-- [[image:logo name here|Party logo]]--> |

colorcode = red |

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foundation = 1986, dissolved 2001 |

headquarters = |

ideology = [[Communism]], <br>[[Anti-EUEuroscepticism]], [[Left-wing]] <br>[[Populism]], <br>[[Nationalism]] |

position = [[Left-wing]] |

international = None |

website = |

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'''Common Course''' ({{lang-da|Fælles Kurs}}) was a political party in Denmark, which held 4 seats in the Danish parliament [[Folketinget]] 1987-1988. It was officially formed in 1986, but it was built on several fractionsfactions of the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] emergingwhich inwere 1979planning alreadythe 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' organizationunion, who was excludedexpelled from the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] in 1979. He was known for his outspoken way of expressing himself, frequently using a lot of [[swearwords]], making broad generalizations and [[anti-elitism|anti-elitist]] statements. The party itself gathered both communists and left-wing socialists, united in an inveterate struggle against EU membership. Its official immigration policy was quite restrictive, contrary to other parties on the left. It actively supported communist regimes in the [[Soviet Union]] and, [[Cuba]], (later alsoand [[North Korea]]), andas well as Colonel [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]] in [[Libya]], and was a collective member of organizations supporting these regimes.

At its debut in the [[Danish parliamentary election, 1988|national parliamentary elections in 1988]], 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 [[ProsperityProgress 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 (member of the [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]] since 1991).

Current deputy [[Line Barfod]] ([[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]]) is a former member of Common Course, and was chairperson of its youth wing 1984-1985 (before the actual formation of the party).

[[Category:Defunct political parties in Denmark]]