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Additionally, the committees stay abreast of developments within their respective areas, posing inquiries to ministers, who respond either in writing or through oral sessions known as committee hearings (Danish: samråd). Moreover, committees may receive delegations (Danish: "deputationer") from organizations and others. [1]
The Folketing (Danish: Folketinget, pronounced [ˈfʌlkəˌtsʰe̝ŋˀð̩]; lit. ' The people's thing ' or ' People's assembly '), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, [5] is the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Christiansborg Palace (Danish: Christiansborg Slot; pronounced [kʰʁestjænsˈpɒˀ ˈslʌt]) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget), [1] the Danish Prime Minister's Office, [2] and the Supreme Court of Denmark. [1]
The Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman, Jørgen Steen Sørensen, [47] is a lawyer who is elected by parliament to act as a watchdog over the government by inspecting institutions under government control, focusing primarily on the protection of citizens' rights. [48]
Of the 179 members of parliament, the Faroe Islands and Greenland elect two members each, 135 are elected from ten multi-member constituencies on a party list PR system using the d'Hondt method and the remaining 40 seats are allocated to ensure proportionality at a national level. To get a share of supplementary seats a party needs to get at ...
The queen will sign her formal abdication on Jan. 14 at a state council — a meeting with the Danish government — making Frederik, 55, and his Australian-born wife Mary, 51, king and queen of ...
The Supreme Court was founded on 14 February 1661 by King Frederik III as a replacement of King Christian IV's King's Court (da. Kongens Retterting).It was based at first Copenhagen Castle later Christiansborg Palace, which was built in its place on the same site at Slotsholmen, and originally consisted of 30 justices.
O Danish People's Party: South Jutland: Lennart Damsbo-Andersen: 1956 A Social Democrats: Zealand: Thomas Danielsen: 1983 V Liberals: West Jutland: Mette Hjermind Dencker: 1978 O Danish People's Party: East Jutland: Mikkel Dencker: 1975 O Danish People's Party: Greater Copenhagen: Pelle Dragsted: 1975 Ø Red-Green Alliance: Copenhagen: Karina ...