New Danish Christian Democrat leader wants to shift focus

Last Saturday, the Danish Christian Democrats elected Hedaa, a businessman, as their chairman, Kristeligt Dagblad reports.

His main goal, for now, is to develop policies that the party defends, he tells the newspaper. To that end, he wants to appoint several subcommittees to work out policies. "For example, we are considering whether public transport should be free. That is something that our traffic committee must first look at and consider the experiences, for example, in Luxembourg."

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To ensure a more solid basis for policymaking, Hedaa wants to shift the party's focus from ethical issues to a "broader foundation based on the thinking of international Christian Democracy". Traditionally, the party has focused on topics such as abortion, for example. And even though Hedaa says that he supports the view, he wants the party "to be known for more than positions on ethical issues."

Duty

One field that Hedaa wants his party to develop is sustainability. Earlier, he declared that the Christian Democrats should become the greenest party in Denmark. "It is connected to the stewardship idea that each generation has a duty to pass the world on to the next generation in a better condition", he explains to Kristelig Dagblad, promising that his party will soon present concrete plans for this.

Another stance of the new party leader is that the abolition of the Danish Prayer Day should be reversed. "We fight for that because we have a special family perspective. The family should be the social relationship that helps us to lift each other up."

In short, Hedaa wants to be conservative in policymaking regarding ethical issues. However, concerning other issues, such as the environment, he describes himself as having "attitudes that some would see as left-wing."