Denmark to hold referendum on joining EU’s common defence

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark will hold a referendum in June on whether to join the European Union’s defence pact and scrap the Nordic country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc’s common security and defence policies.

Danish Prime Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that “historical times call for historical decisions”, in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.