Denmark gives ‘clear signal’ with EU defence policy vote

Mette Frederiksen, Danish Prime Minister (Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Danish foreign minister Jeppe Kofod has said he expects Denmark to join the European Union’s common defence policy after two-thirds of voters who cast ballots in a referendum supported abandoning a 30-year-old waiver that kept the EU country out.

There are “a series of formal steps before Denmark can be admitted” to the defence agreement, Mr Kofod said, including the Danish parliament giving its approval over the referendum’s result.