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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9849

27 February 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/denmark
Danish referendum on entering eurozone may be announced after Irish referendum on Lisbon Treaty

Brussels, 26/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced on Thursday that his government may decide this year to convene a referendum in 2010 or 2011 on Denmark's entry into the eurozone. Back in 2008, Mr Rasmussen had envisaged organising one or several referendums on the four “opt outs” negotiated by his country in 1992 (euro, defence, justice and citizenship), but the financial and economic crisis as well as problems relating to the Lisbon Treaty...

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