medborger_i_danmark_engelsk.pdf - Ny i Danmark

12DENMARK – A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY FOUNDED ON THE RULE OF LAWnumber of representative duties inDenmark and abroad.The amendment to the DanishConstitution adopted in 1953 approvedthe introduction of female succession tothe throne.The legislative powerThe Danish national parliament,Folketinget, has 179 members drawnfrom a wide range of political parties.Danish MPs are elected for a maximumterm of four years. However, the DanishPrime Minister has the right to dissolvethe Parliament and call an election beforethe end of the four-year term.Two members of the Danish Parliamentare elected in Greenland and two in theFaroe Islands.Openness and transparency are among themost important characteristics of arepresentative government. All parliamentarydebates are therefore open to thegeneral public, and any citizen maycontact and ask questions of thepoliticians. The political system is alsomonitored and criticised by the electoratethrough the press.Openness andtransparencyQueen Margrethe IIQueen Margrethe II has been the Danish monarch since 1972.The Danish royal family is very popular and seen, in many respects,as a symbol of the nation’s unity and values.