Denmark has become the latest country to reject the idea of a core set of member states going ahead at a faster pace than the rest of the EU.
"A multi-speed Europe would go against the whole idea behind enlargement", Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said during a working visit to Dutch colleague Jan Peter Balkenende on Tuesday (20 January).
Speaking in The Knights’ Hall in The Hague, Mr Fogh rejected the idea that Europe should have a two, or more, speed Europe.
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.