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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9863

18 March 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/denmark
Copenhagen might organise 2010 referendum on abolishing opt-outS if Lisbon treaty enters into force this year

Brussels, 17/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Danish government still envisages getting rid of the four “opt-outs” negotiated before the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 (euro, defence, justice and home affairs, citizenship) and may organise a single referendum on the four subjects in 2010 on the condition that the Lisbon Treaty enters into force before the end of the year. On Tuesday, a high-ranking Danish official informed a small group of journalists in Brussels that “if...

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