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Denmark in the European Union refers to the historical and current issues of Denmark's membership in the European Union. Denmark has a permanent representation to the European Union led by ambassador Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, in Brussels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://eu.um.dk/en/ )〕 The current Foreign Minister and Minister for European Affairs is Venstre politician Kristian Jensen. The main economic reason that Denmark joined the EEC was because it wanted to safeguard its agricultural exports to the United Kingdom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.diis.dk/graphics/Publications/WP2004/cas_popular_euroscepticism.pdf )〕 ==History== Denmark formally applied to join the predecessor of the EU, the European Economic Community on 10 August 1961, a day after the British applied. But the then French president Charles de Gaulle vetoed British membership and Denmark did not wish to join the EEC without the United Kingdom. After much negotiation, and following a change in the French Presidency, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom eventually joined the European Communities on 1 January 1973. Denmark and Ireland were so economically linked to the UK, that they considered it necessary to join the EEC if the UK did.〔Bache, Ian and Stephen George (2006) ''Politics in the European Union'', Oxford University Press. p540–542〕 The Danish population voted for membership with 63.3% in favour with a turnout of 90.1%.〔Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 & 534 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7〕 This was the first of several enlargements which become a major policy area of the Union. In 1982, Greenland voted to leave the Community after gaining home rule from Denmark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cvce.eu/obj/negotiations_for_enlargement-en-19a4fd81-119d-4090-bfac-c7cc8ae64a20.html )〕 The EC became accepted and appreciated in Denmark and in 1986, an overwhelming majority of the Danish population supported the Single European Act.〔 Danes spurred political awareness of euroscepticism and have enjoyed a reputation as "reluctant" Europeans. In Denmark, the first Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum was held on 2 June 1992 but a shortfall of fewer than 50,000 votes resulted in the treaty not being ratified.´〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Maastricht-traktaten & Edinburgh-afgørelsen 18. maj 1993 )〕 After the failure, alterations were made to the treaty through the addition of the Edinburgh Agreement which lists four Danish exceptions. The treaty was eventually ratified the following year on 18 May 1993 after a second referendum was held in Denmark. The Lisbon treaty was ratified by the Danish parliament alone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eu-oplysningen.dk/euo_en/dkeu/lissabon/ )〕 It was not considered a surrendering of national sovereignty, which would have implied the holding of a referendum according to article 20 of the constitution. Currently, the Danish government wants a referendum on the opt-outs from the EU-treaty, but the prospect of the opt-outs perhaps being rejected does not look appealing. The issue is being postponed for the time being, or until a large coalition of political parties support holding a referendum. In October 2012, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt demanded a 1 billion kroner rebate in the Budget of the European Union, otherwise she would veto against the budget. In February 2013, Denmark and the European Union reached an agreement on a seven-year budget, to approve Danish demand. On 25 May 2014, the Danish Unified Patent Court membership referendum was approved with 62.5% of the vote, enabling the government to proceed with the ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, which constitutes the legal basis for the Unified Patent Court. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Denmark and the European Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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