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The new Danish PM, soon to take over as captain of the EU ship, will likely require the support of opposition parties to push through the fiscal compact (Photo: President of the European Council)

Denmark stuck in EU treaty quagmire

Days away from taking over the EU's rotating presidency that will be responsible in part for steering through a new intergovernmental treaty, the Danish government has become stuck in a quagmire of resistance to the so-called fiscal compact.

Copenhagen's centre-left governing coalition, led by the Social Democrats alongside the Socialist People's Party to their left and the Danish Social-Liberal Party to their right, does not have a majority in the parliament and must depend on the supp...

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The new Danish PM, soon to take over as captain of the EU ship, will likely require the support of opposition parties to push through the fiscal compact (Photo: President of the European Council)

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