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'Earthquake rocks the Euro_bridge' from The Guardian (4 June 1992)
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Press article
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Earthquake rocks the Euro-bridge, in The Guardian. 04.06.1992, p. 21.
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Denmark, referendum, Treaty on European Union
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© GUARDIAN www.guardian.co.uk
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On 4 June 1992, commenting on the Danish people's refusal to ratify the Maastricht Treaty, the British left-wing daily newspaper The Guardian speculates on the future of the European integration process.
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| Location in the digital library |
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1987–1997 The European Union in a Europe in the throes of change >> The Treaty on European Union >> The Treaty on European Union >> Hard-won ratification
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| Document extract |
Earthquake rocks the Euro-bridge
“If only one in a hundred Danes had voted differently …” Thus Prime Minister Poul Schluter despaired in the early hours of yesterday as he contemplated the political earthquake triggered by the result of Denmark’s Maastricht referendum. His gloom was widely shared in other EC capitals as the significance of the result sank in. The decision by fewer than 48,000 Danish voters to vote “No” may result in the Maastricht treaty on European Unity being thrown out and the EC plunged into a constitutional and political crisis. For all the brave talk among the other 11 EC countries about ratifying the treaty on a “business as usual” basis, the geo-political foundations of European integration have been shaken to the core. The irony of the Danish referendum outcome goes deeper than the wafer-thin majority for rejection of the treaty. The “no” voters are themselves fundamentally divided about the kind of Europe they want Denmark to be part of. About half are people who — give or take some nostalgia for a self-contained and isolated Nordic enclave on the edges of Europe — are the blood kin of the Euro-sceptics in Britain. But for every Dane who voted against Maastricht because union might threaten national sovereignty and national identity, there was one who rejected the treaty on Euro-federalist grounds. “I (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Referendum on the Maastricht Treaty in Denmark (2 June 1992)
Declaration by the Anti_European movements in Denmark (Copenhagen, 19 May 1992)
Referendum on the Maastricht Treaty in Denmark (2 June 1992)
Sinn Féin, Democracy or Dependency (1992)
Referendum on Danish accession to the EEC (1 and 2 October 1972)
Statements at the European Council on Denmark (Edinburgh, 11 and 12 December 1992)
The accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union
Cartoon by Hanel on the French referendum on the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty (1992)
Campaign in support of the ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum on the Maastricht Treaty (Paris, 10 September 1992)
Cartoon by Hartung on Denmark’s accession to the EC (4 October 1972)
Hard_won ratification
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