Copenhagen/Bratislava, 10/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to a survey carried out by the financial daily newspaper, Boersen, the results of which were published on Thursday, 57% of Danes now support joining the Euro, with only 34% against. In September 2000, 53% of Danes rejected Denmark's entry into the Euro-zone, while 47% were in favour of joining.
On Wednesday, the Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, confirmed that the new Danish government would abandon the "opt out" option the country had on the Euro. According to Reuters, on a visit to Bratislava, Mr Rasmussen informed the press that he had the "strong intention" of getting rid of this "opt out" in the future but, "it is not in the very near future that we can call a new referendum" on Denmark joining the Euro. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Per Stig Moeller, stated that a referendum would probably take place in Denmark in 2003.