Crossword-Solution: FOLKETING
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with FOLKETING (5)
Perceiving that the coming struggle would be essentially a financial one, he retained the ministry of finance in his own hands; and, strong in the support of the king, the _Landsting_, and a considerable minority in the country itself, he devoted himself to the double task of establishing the political parity of the _Landsting_ with the _Folketing_ and strengthening the national armaments, so that, in the event of a war between the European great powers, Denmark might be able to defend her neutrality.
The elections of 1884 showed clearly that the nation was also now on the side of the Radicals, 83 out of the 102 members of the _Folketing_ belonging to the opposition.
Henceforth, so long as the _Folketing_ refused to vote supplies, the ministry regularly adopted these makeshifts.
The session of 1896-1897 was remarkable for a _rapprochement_ between the ministry and the "Left Reform Party," caused by the secessions of the "Young Right," which led to an unprecedented event in Danish politics--the voting of the budget by the Radical _Folketing_ and its rejection by the Conservative _Landsting_ in May 1897; whereupon the ministry resigned in favour of the moderate Conservative Hörring cabinet, which induced the Upper House to pass the budget.
The elections of 1898 were a fresh defeat for the Conservatives, and in the autumn session of the same year, the _Folketing_, by a crushing majority of 85 to 12, rejected the military budget.