Posted on 11/23/2007 5:02:16 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Denmark will hold a referendum on joining the euro within the next four years, its prime minister announced yesterday.
After the Danish people rejected the Maastricht treaty in 1992, they approved it a year later with opt-outs on the euro, defence and home affairs.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, whose centre-Right coalition won a third four-year term in elections last week, said: "The time is approaching. The people should have the opportunity to take a stance on the Danish EU opt-outs."
He also said he wanted a quick ratification of the new European Union reform treaty, but did not say whether that would require its own referendum. Earlier this month, Mr Rasmussen said he was confident he could convince Danes to vote for the new treaty if a legal review established that it would transfer sovereignty from Denmark, which would require a referendum.
While Danes rejected the euro in a referendum in 2000, only two of the eight parties in the Danish parliament, together representing about 17 per cent of the vote, are opposed to further EU co-operation.
As the Danish crown tracks the euro, the practical economic impact would be limited.
More than 110,000 people signed The Daily Telegraph's petition demanding that the Government stands by its manifesto commitment to hold a national referendum on the EU Reform Treaty.
They’ll given another shot and if they don’t pass we’ll see the Dutch govt quietly go away. They will be assimilated just as the Irish were.
Why would any country give up it's sovereignty?
Being 1/2 Danish and knowing how hard the Danes fought in WW2, I some how don't see this passing.
Why are the Danes so pro-American? They have stood with us when all the others in Western Europe have turned against us, time and time again. Why the difference?
Why are the Danes so pro-American? They have stood with us when all the others in Western Europe have turned against us, time and time again. Why the difference?
My second cousin was one of the biggies in the WWII Danish Resistance. From him, I learned how fiercely independent Danes are and pro democratic.
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