Folketing Folketing The Folketing (, ; lit. "the people's thing"), also known as the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national parliament (legislature) of Denmark. Established in 1849, until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament, called the Rigsdag; the upper house was Landstinget. It meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen. The Folketing passes all laws, approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts. As set out in the Danish Constitution, the Folketing shares
Political groups of the European Parliament dealt with at the plenary session of the European Parliament. Groups can table motions for resolutions and table amendments to reports. This is a summary of the standing of existing European Parliament groups, although these are subject to change. The first sitting of the new parliament was on 1 July 2014. Major changes compared to the period 2004–2009 are: The mandate of previous European Parliament ran from 2004 and 2009. It was composed of the following political groups. The Parliament does not form a government in the traditional sense and its politics have developed over consensual rather than adversarial lines.