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Denmark votes to drop opt-out of EU military co-operation
'Fear and insecurity' have won, warns communist leader
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen

DANES voted to drop their EU military co-operation opt-out in a referendum yesterday, with the electoral commission reporting today that with most districts counted 66.9 per cent were in favour of the move.

Denmark is a Nato member, but had declined to join EU military co-operaton project Pesco. The organisation co-ordinates EU military actions and – through its Military Mobility project with the United States – aims to build a “strategic platform” for rapid deployment of troops from the US or any EU member state anywhere within the bloc.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she was “very, very happy” with the result. 

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