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The European Parliament election of 2014 in Denmark was an election held in Denmark on 25 May 2014 to decide who would represent Denmark in the European Parliament (EP) from 2014 to 2019. The Danish People's Party with 26.6% of the votes became the largest party for the first time in a nationwide Danish election. The election was held alongside the Danish Unified Patent Court membership referendum where 62.5% of the voter approved ratification of the ''Agreement on a Unified Patent Court''. == Campaign == All parties in the Folketing except the Red–Green Alliance participated in the election. In addition, the People's Movement against the EU participated. Several parties had incumbent candidates as lead candidates: Bendt Bendtsen for the Conservative People's Party,〔(Bendt Bendtsen spidskandidat igen ) Altinget.dk. 29 September 2013〕 Margrete Auken for the Socialist People's Party (Denmark) and Morten Messerschmidt for the Danish People's Party. Three of the parties represented in the EP had new lead candidates: Jeppe Kofod for the Social Democrats〔(Kofod valgt som spidskandidat til EP-valg ) Altinget.dk. 29 September 2013〕Ulla Tørnæs for Venstre and Rina Ronja Kari for the People's Movement against the EU.〔(Modstandernes nye kvinde vil være en prop i EU ) Ritzau / ''Kristeligt Dagblad''. 25 May 2014〕 The Danish Social Liberal Party which was not represented in the EP had Morten Helveg Petersen on top of the list〔(Morten Helveg valgt som R-spidskandidat til EP-valget ) Altinget.dk. 15 September 2013〕 while the Liberal Alliance which similarly was not represented had Christina Egelund.〔(LA-spidskandidat gik fra euroentusiast til EU-skeptiker ) Altinget.dk. 29 April 2014〕 After the Danish People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance opposed Danish membership in the Unified Patent Court, the Danish cabinet in December 2013 decided to hold a referendum on the issue, since joining the court was judicially regarded as transferring sovereignty and would have required five-sixths majority in the parliament in order to be approved without a referendum.〔Jan Bjerre Lauridsen (19 December 2013) (Danskerne skal til folkeafstemning 25. maj ) Berlingske Tidende.〕 A central theme in the campaign was the claim of benefit tourism as a threat to the Danish welfare state, a position the Danish People's Party fronted and which was partly supported by Venstre, the Conservatives and the Social Democrats.〔Christian Jensen (27 May 2014) (26,6 procent ) ''Information''.〕 The Social Liberal Party took the most positive position towards free movement of people inside the EU and was supported by Danish businesses.〔 On 12 May 2014, ''Ekstrabladet'' wrote that Venstre's leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen had received about 150,000 Danish kroner in economic support for clothing in his period as prime minister 2009–2011. Later in the campaign media wrote that Rasmussen and his wife had received a free holiday to Mallorca at the party's expense.〔Tove Gravdal (6 June 2014) (Overleveren ) ''Morgenbladet''. Retrieved 16 June 2014〕 The revelations led to a drop in support for Venstre in the polls.〔 Rasmussen later stated the claims were exaggerated.〔 As part of an effort to motivate young people to take part in the election, the Folketing published a video on YouTube featuring a muscle-bound cartoon figure called "Voteman" who had once failed to vote and later regretted his resulting loss of influence, so he decided to force everyone to vote in elections. He is seen in the video engaging in group sex, and dispensing violence including decapitation, described as "grindhouse"-style by ''The Guardian'' Lars Eriksen. The video was controversial in Denmark and abroad, being criticised for being misogynist and featuring violence while being praised as humorous by others. The Folketing pulled the video a day after its release, with speaker of the Folketing, Mogens Lykketoft, saying the cartoon had been perceived as "more serious and offensive" than intended.〔〔Laura Smith-Spark (14 May 2014) (Danish election cartoon 'Voteman' pulled over scenes of sex, violence ) CNN.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European Parliament election, 2014 (Denmark)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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