Denmark sets out its vision for the European Union

The Danish Foreign Minister set out his vision for the future of Europe in a speech in Copenhagen today. He called for reforms of the European Union, with increased qualified majority voting in areas such as: immigration and asylum, environmental protection, economic co-operation and even minimum levels for valued added tax and corporation tax.

However, Mr Lykketoft was keen to stress that the Danish Government rejected the notion of a European Union catalogue of competencies as a basi...