The Danish parliament has voted against having a referendum on the new EU treaty, making it likely that Ireland will be the only EU member state to put the document to a public poll.
The parliament's vote on Tuesday (11 December) came shortly after prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said his centre-right government would not support a referendum.
"The government proposes a ratification of the Lisbon Treaty by a decision in the Folketing [parliament] and not by a referendum," sai...
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