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Overwhelming majority of Danes vote to join EU defence
By EUobserver
A large majority (67%) voted in a referendum on Wednesday (1 June) to reverse Denmark's three decades-long policy of staying out of the European Union's common defence policy. One third (33%) voted to keep the defence opt-out. The vote was called by the Danish Social Democrat government after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Prime minister Mette Frederiksen said the result was "a clear message to [Russian president Vladimir] Putin".