Danes to hold EU referendum in September
Denmark will hold its EU constitution referendum on September 27, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said today.
The news comes as the French parliament votes on a EU Constitution referendum. More than 900 MPs were summoned to Versailles Palace for a landmark vote to clear the way for a referendum on whether France adopts the EU constitution.
The special joint session of members of the National Assembly and the Senate - the two houses of government – was to take up a revision of the French constitution needed before France can adopt the EU charter.
The Constitutional Council has ruled that the French and EU constitutions cannot legally coexist under current law, necessitating an amendment to make way for adoption of the EU document.
