DENK
Placement: Libertarian center-left
A party founded in 2015 mainly to represent communities with a migrant background, led in parliament by Stephan van Baarle and in opposition with 3 seats. Fighting racism and discrimination, opposing restrictive asylum laws, support for the Palestinian cause, religious freedom, and skepticism toward higher military spending.
In short
On the traditional scale, DENK sits in the libertarian center-left camp. The clearest positions are on immigration: strongly towards “openness”; religion: strongly towards “religion”; foreign policy: fairly towards “pacifism”; justice: fairly towards “rehabilitation”. On environment, technology and devolution it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is communitarian personalism (84%).
Position on the 13 axes
Closest ideologies
Communitarian personalismThe Community Steward84%DistributismThe Smallholder-Owner72%EurocommunismThe Democratic Comrade69%Similar parties
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Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.