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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9550
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/denmark

New government hopes to hold referendums to remove four Danish “opt-outs” (euro, JHA, defence and European citizenship)

Brussels, 23/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - After his recent electoral success, giving him a third term at the head of the government, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen hopes to conduct an in-depth review of the European policy of his country. He announced on Thursday 22 November that he intended to hold a new referendum on the abolition of the four “opt-outs” which Denmark obtained in 1993, permitting the country to remain on the sidelines of four major Community policies: single...

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