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Denmark originally obtained four opt-outs from the Maastricht Treaty following the treaty's initial rejection in a 1992 referendum.These opt-outs are outlined in the Edinburgh Agreement and concern the Economic and monetary union (EMU), the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), Justice and Home Affairs (then JHA, now PJCC) and the citizenship of the European Union.
A referendum on the abolition of the defence opt-out, one of the country's opt-outs from the European Union, was held in Denmark on 1 June 2022. [1] [2] [a] The referendum was announced on 6 March 2022 following a broad multi-party defence agreement reached during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [3]
The result of the referendum was a vote of 66.9% in favour of abolishing the defence opt-out. Following the referendum Denmark formally notified the EU of its renunciation of its opt-out on defence matters on June 20, which became effective from 1 July. [58] [59]
Danish withdrawal from the European Union (colloquially Dexit [1] [2] or Danexit, [3] [4] a portmanteau of "Danish" and "exit") is the hypothesis that Denmark might leave the European Union (EU). Leaving the EU is officially supported by just two of the political parties represented in the Danish Parliament, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] with less than 8% of the ...
1978 Danish electoral age referendum; 1986 Danish Single European Act referendum; 1992 Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum; 1993 Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum; 1998 Danish Amsterdam Treaty referendum; 2000 Danish euro referendum; 2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum; 2014 Danish Unified Patent Court membership referendum; 2015 Danish ...
Denmark must answer accusations at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Monday that its policy of demolishing minority-heavy neighbourhoods to promote integration amounts to racial discrimination.
Denmark The 2015 Danish European Union opt-out referendum, 53.1% against, turnout 72.0%; The referendum was held to decide on converting the opt-out from participation in the area of Justice and Home Affairs area into an opt-in: the possibility for the Danes to decide on a case-by-case basis. The voters rejected the proposal.
The Constitution of Denmark can be changed only through the procedure set out in Section 88 of the Constitution. [2] First, the government has to propose a change in constitution, then a parliamentary election is held. After the new parliament approves the same text of the constitutional changes, the proposal is put to a referendum.