Nye Borgerlige, or “The New Right,” led by 41-year-old Pernille Vermund, pursues a libertarian economic agenda and wants even stricter controls on migrants in a country that already has some of the most stringent immigration laws in Western Europe.
Vermund, a trained architect, has called for a ban on headscarves in schools and public institutions. Her party wants asylum to be given only to refugees coming directly from the U.N. refugee agency’s resettlement scheme and those with “a job in hand,” and supports limiting Danish citizenship to people who “contribute positively” to society. [...]
Nye Borgerlige, which counts roughly 3,000 members, has gathered the required minimum of 20,109 signatures to run for parliament in the next election, scheduled for 2019. Polls put the party between 2.6 percent and 4.5 percent — above the 2 percent threshold required to enter the Danish parliament. [...]
Vermund’s party could shift the political debate even further to the right and force more mainstream parties to support anti-immigration policies. According to Larsen, the DPP is already trying to toughen its anti-immigration rhetoric in anticipation. “They are trying to send a message to both the government and the public that they want to strengthen their refugee policies, even more,” he said.
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