Danish European Constitution Referendum - Positions of Political Parties

Positions of Political Parties

Most political parties in the Danish Parliament, the Folketing, supported the European constitution with the exception of the Danish People's Party and the Red-Green Alliance. These two parties together held 30 seats out of 179 in the Parliament.

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