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Danish withdrawal from the European Union (colloquially Dexit^[1]^[2] or Danexit,^[3]^[4] a portmanteau of "Danish" and "exit") is the hypothesis that Denmark might leave the European Union (EU). Leaving the EU is officially supported by just two of the political parties represented in the Danish Parliament,^[5]^[6] with less than 8% of the total seats.

Background

In June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU. Eurosceptics elsewhere in the EU were encouraged by this decision, although its consequences had yet to emerge.

At the moment we are awaiting the results of the UK negotiations with the EU, on what kind of relationship Great Britain will enter into with the EU. I am pretty sure that the result will be such that it could be interesting to have the Danish voters to vote on it as well.^[7]
— Kenneth Kristensen Berth, Danish politician, August 2016.

In 2016, Kristian Thulesen Dahl, then leader of the Danish People's Party (DPP), said that he wanted a referendum on whether Denmark should leave the EU.^[8]^[9]

In 2020, Morten Messerschmidt, leader of the DPP since 2022, said that his country might leave the European Union within the next few years due to what he believed would be "the success of Brexit".^[10]

Political positions

As of 2023, membership of the European Union has broad support across the Danish political spectrum, including from the governing Social Democratic Party^[11] and the main opposition Venstre.^[12] The right-wing parties Danish People's Party and the New Right party support leaving the EU.^[5]^[13] Together, the two parties hold 10 of the 179 seats in the Danish parliament (as of July 2023).^[14]

Although historically eurosceptic, the left-wing Unity List dropped its policy of supporting a membership referendum in 2019 as a result of the troubled Brexit negotiations.^[15] It now advocates for reform of EU policies.^[16] In 2022 it removed the wish to leave the EU from its manifesto, instead describing a "perspective" to leave the EU.^[17] This was not without controversy within the party.^[18]^[19]

The classical liberal and libertarian Liberal Alliance tends to favour radically reforming and rolling back powers of the EU to protect Danish sovereignty, but individual politicians within the party and its youth branch at times but not any more endorse a complete withdrawal with some arguing that Denmark should leave the EU while maintaining single-market access.^[20]^[21]^[22]

History

Denmark has been a member of the EU since 1973 and a majority support continued Danish membership of the EU.^[7] Greenland, after establishing home rule in 1979, voted to leave the European Communities in 1982 while remaining a country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Denmark has twice voted against closer union: in 1992, the Danes voted against ratification of the Treaty of Maastricht,^[23] but approved it after the Danish Government renegotiated its terms to secure Danish opt-outs from some of its provisions;^[8] in 2000 in another referendum,^[8] Denmark decided by a small majority not to join the euro, but Danmarks Nationalbank continued its policy of maintaining a fixed exchange rate between the Danish krone and the euro.^[24]

Public opinion

Dates conducted	Polling by	Remain	Leave	Undecided or don't know	Lead
Dates conducted	Polling by			Undecided or don't know	Lead
March 2023	YouGov/Eurotrack^[25]	68% Total 'Remain'	16% Total 'Leave'	16% Don't know/Refused	52%
February 2021	YouGov/Eurotrack^[26]	62% Total 'Remain'	23% Total 'Leave'	12% Don't know	39%
April 2020	Sentio^[27]	39% EU member	39% Nordic cooperation	22% Don't know	0%
1 February 2020	The United Kingdom left the European Union.
November 2019	Eurobarometer^[28]	63% Tend to trust	26% Tend not to trust	11% Don't know what to do	37%
April 2019	Sentio^[29]	41% EU membership	43% Nordic cooperation		2%
November 2018	Eurobarometer^[30]	60% Tend to trust	31% Tend not to trust	9% Don't know what to do	29%
November 2017	Eurobarometer^[31]	52% Tend to trust	37% Tend not to trust	11% Don't know what to do	15%
November 2016	Eurobarometer^[32]	57% Total 'Optimistic'	39% Total 'Pessimistic'	4% Don't know	18%
23 June 2016	The United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union.
11-12 April 2016	Analyseenheden 4V^[33]	30% Stay in the EU	27% Follow Britain out of the EU	34% Wait and see, and decide later 9% Don't know	4%
November 2015	Eurobarometer^[34]	65% Total 'Optimistic'	30% Total 'Pessimistic'	5% Don't know	35%
November 2014	Eurobarometer^[35]	73% Total 'Optimistic'	25% Total 'Pessimistic'	2% Don't know	48%
November 2013	Eurobarometer^[36]	75% Total 'Optimistic'	22% Total 'Pessimistic'	3% Don't know	53%

References

^ Eriksen, Julie (23 June 2020). "Den våde drøm om Dexit bliver et mareridt: "Det er på tide, at vi danskere anerkender nogle fundamentale sandheder om vores lille, hyggelige land"". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ "JV mener: Tak for klar DF-udmelding". JydskeVestkysten (in Danish). 7 June 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ "Danexit könnte dem Brexit folgen". Mein Geld (in German). 13 June 2016.
^ "Danish media: Brexit won't lead to Danexit". uniavisen.dk. 23 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b "EU-politik DF - Mere Danmark - mindre EU - Begrænset EU-samarbejde". 17 September 2023.
^ "EU-politik". Nye Borgerlige. Archived from the original on 2020-02-08. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
^ ^a ^b Miriam Arndts (1 August 2016). "Wie wahrscheinlich ist ein dänisches EU-Referendum?" [How likely is a Danish EU referendum?]. Deutschlandfunk (in German).
^ ^a ^b ^c Bodo Hering (25 June 2016). "Brexit: Sind Holland und Dänemark die nächsten?". Berlin Journal (in German).
^ "Thulesen Dahl nåede 27 år i DF – det slutter, hvor det startede". TV 2 Nyheder (in Danish). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ Andreas Karker (12 January 2020). "B.T. Morten Messerschmidt: Vi er meldt ud af EU inden 2030" (in Danish)..
^ "Foreign Policy and the EU". www.socialdemokratiet.dk.
^ "EU-politik - Hvad er EU politik i Venstre?". Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti.
^ Schulz, Rasmus Bragh (12 May 2022). "»Pernille Vermund vil ikke ud af EU,« sagde værten, og Vermund bekræftede. Men det var en fejl". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ "Mandatfordelingen". ft.dk. 25 November 2016.
^ "'Vi ønsker ikke at kopiere kaos': Brexit har skræmt danske EU-skeptikere - men ikke alle". DR. May 23, 2019.
^ "Det mener vi om EU". Enhedslisten.EU.
^ "Enhedslisten gør op med årtiers EU-politik: Dansk EU-exit er ikke længere et mål i sig selv". DR (in Danish). 2022-05-14. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
^ "Enhedslisten parkerer ambitionen om et dansk farvel til EU: Udmeldelse er ikke et mål i sig selv". Altinget.dk (in Danish). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
^ "Mai Villadsen efter opblødning af Enhedslistens EU-politik: "Det er et markant skridt, men også et godt kompromis"". Altinget.dk (in Danish). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
^ "EU policy- A leaner EU". Retrieved 2022-12-11.
^ "Political majority agree to euro pact". The Copenhagen Post. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
^ "EU". Liberal Alliances Ungdom. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
^ Helmut Steuer; Martina Meister; Boris Kálnoky; Jörg Winterbauer; Hans-Jörg Schmidt; Sarah Maria Brech (25 June 2016). "Diese Länder könnten die nächsten Exit-Kandidaten sein". Die Welt (in German).
^ "DENMARK'S FIXED EXCHANGE RATE POLICY". Danmarks Nationalbank. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ "YouGov / Eurotrack Survey Results March 2023" (PDF). YouGov/Eurotrack. March 2023.
^ "YouGov / Eurotrack Survey Results February 2021" (PDF). YouGov/Eurotrack. February 2021.
^ People's Movement against the EU: A representative poll shows Danes divided in the question of EU membership, People's Movement against the EU, 8 April 2020 (in Danish)
The poll question was: If a Nordic cooperation could be established, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden with common policies within a great number of issues, e.g. environment, judicial and foreign policy, as well as trade agreements with the EU and other countries – and you had the choice between Denmark participating in the Nordic cooperation or be a member of the EU. Then what would you vote for?
^ "Eurobarometer 2019" (PDF). European Commission.
^ Most Danes want Nordic cooperation before EU membership Archived 2021-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, Arbejderen, 26 April 2019 (in Danish)
^ "Eurobarometer 2018". European Commission.
^ "Eurobarometer 2017". European Commission.
^ "Eurobarometer 2016". European Commission.
^ a4v (12 April 2016). Danexit after Brexit? Summary Archived 2020-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Eurobarometer 2015". European Commission.
^ "Eurobarometer 2014". European Commission.
^ "Eurobarometer 2013". European Commission.

[1] Eriksen, Julie (23 June 2020). "Den våde drøm om Dexit bliver et mareridt: "Det er på tide, at vi danskere anerkender nogle fundamentale sandheder om vores lille, hyggelige land"". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[2] "JV mener: Tak for klar DF-udmelding". JydskeVestkysten (in Danish). 7 June 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[3] "Danexit könnte dem Brexit folgen". Mein Geld (in German). 13 June 2016.

[4] "Danish media: Brexit won't lead to Danexit". uniavisen.dk. 23 June 2016.

[auto-5] "EU-politik DF - Mere Danmark - mindre EU - Begrænset EU-samarbejde". 17 September 2023.

[auto1-6] "EU-politik". Nye Borgerlige. Archived from the original on 2020-02-08. Retrieved 2022-03-02.

[:1-7] Miriam Arndts (1 August 2016). "Wie wahrscheinlich ist ein dänisches EU-Referendum?" [How likely is a Danish EU referendum?]. Deutschlandfunk (in German).

[:2-8] Bodo Hering (25 June 2016). "Brexit: Sind Holland und Dänemark die nächsten?". Berlin Journal (in German).

[9] "Thulesen Dahl nåede 27 år i DF – det slutter, hvor det startede". TV 2 Nyheder (in Danish). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[10] Andreas Karker (12 January 2020). "B.T. Morten Messerschmidt: Vi er meldt ud af EU inden 2030" (in Danish)..

[11] "Foreign Policy and the EU". www.socialdemokratiet.dk.

[12] "EU-politik - Hvad er EU politik i Venstre?". Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti.

[13] Schulz, Rasmus Bragh (12 May 2022). "»Pernille Vermund vil ikke ud af EU,« sagde værten, og Vermund bekræftede. Men det var en fejl". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[14] "Mandatfordelingen". ft.dk. 25 November 2016.

[15] "'Vi ønsker ikke at kopiere kaos': Brexit har skræmt danske EU-skeptikere - men ikke alle". DR. May 23, 2019.

[16] "Det mener vi om EU". Enhedslisten.EU.

[17] "Enhedslisten gør op med årtiers EU-politik: Dansk EU-exit er ikke længere et mål i sig selv". DR (in Danish). 2022-05-14. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

[18] "Enhedslisten parkerer ambitionen om et dansk farvel til EU: Udmeldelse er ikke et mål i sig selv". Altinget.dk (in Danish). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

[19] "Mai Villadsen efter opblødning af Enhedslistens EU-politik: "Det er et markant skridt, men også et godt kompromis"". Altinget.dk (in Danish). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

[20] "EU policy- A leaner EU". Retrieved 2022-12-11.

[21] "Political majority agree to euro pact". The Copenhagen Post. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-18.

[22] "EU". Liberal Alliances Ungdom. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

[:4-23] Helmut Steuer; Martina Meister; Boris Kálnoky; Jörg Winterbauer; Hans-Jörg Schmidt; Sarah Maria Brech (25 June 2016). "Diese Länder könnten die nächsten Exit-Kandidaten sein". Die Welt (in German).

[24] "DENMARK'S FIXED EXCHANGE RATE POLICY". Danmarks Nationalbank. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[yougov0323-25] "YouGov / Eurotrack Survey Results March 2023" (PDF). YouGov/Eurotrack. March 2023.

[yougov0221-26] "YouGov / Eurotrack Survey Results February 2021" (PDF). YouGov/Eurotrack. February 2021.

[27] People's Movement against the EU: A representative poll shows Danes divided in the question of EU membership, People's Movement against the EU, 8 April 2020 (in Danish)
The poll question was: If a Nordic cooperation could be established, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden with common policies within a great number of issues, e.g. environment, judicial and foreign policy, as well as trade agreements with the EU and other countries – and you had the choice between Denmark participating in the Nordic cooperation or be a member of the EU. Then what would you vote for?

[28] "Eurobarometer 2019" (PDF). European Commission.

[29] Most Danes want Nordic cooperation before EU membership Archived 2021-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, Arbejderen, 26 April 2019 (in Danish)

[30] "Eurobarometer 2018". European Commission.

[31] "Eurobarometer 2017". European Commission.

[32] "Eurobarometer 2016". European Commission.

[33] a4v (12 April 2016). Danexit after Brexit? Summary Archived 2020-01-13 at the Wayback Machine

[34] "Eurobarometer 2015". European Commission.

[35] "Eurobarometer 2014". European Commission.

[36] "Eurobarometer 2013". European Commission.

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+{{Short description|Hypothetical withdrawal from the EU by Denmark}}
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-'''Danish withdrawal from the European Union''' ([[colloquially]] '''Dexit'''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eriksen |first1=Julie |title=Den våde drøm om Dexit bliver et mareridt: "Det er på tide, at vi danskere anerkender nogle fundamentale sandheder om vores lille, hyggelige land" |url=https://politiken.dk/debat/debatindlaeg/art7834544/%C2%BBDet-er-p%C3%A5-tide-at-vi-danskere-anerkender-nogle-fundamentale-sandheder-om-vores-lille-hyggelige-land%C2%AB |accessdate=24 July 2020 |work=[[Politiken]] |date=23 June 2020 |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=JV mener: Tak for klar DF-udmelding |url=https://jv.dk/artikel/jv-mener-tak-for-klar-df-udmelding |accessdate=24 July 2020 |work=[[JydskeVestkysten]] |date=7 June 2020 |language=da}}</ref> or '''Danexit''',<ref>{{cite magazine | date= 13 June 2016 |url= https://www.mein-geld-medien.de/allgemein/danexit-koennte-dem-brexit-folgen/ | language= German | title= Danexit könnte dem Brexit folgen | website= Mein Geld }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | date= 23 June 2016 |url= https://uniavisen.dk/en/danish-media-brexit-wont-lead-to-danexit/ | language= English | title= Danish media: Brexit won't lead to Danexit | website= uniavisen.dk}}</ref> a [[portmanteau]] of "Danish" and "exit". Dexit is also used for a possible [[Germany|German]] withdrawal from the EU<ref>{{cite news|title=AfD demands radical EU reforms to avoid Germany's 'Dexit'|url=https://www.dw.com/en/afd-demands-radical-eu-reforms-to-avoid-germanys-dexit/a-47066983|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|date=13 January 2019|accessdate=8 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dexit is the new Brexit as AfD bids to take Germany out of the EU |url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/12/germany-s-afd-opposition-party-embraces-dexit-and-will-campaign-to-leave-eu|publisher=[[Euronews]]|date=12 April 2021|accessdate=8 June 2021}}</ref>) refers to the [[hypothesis]] that [[Denmark]] might leave the [[European Union|European Union (EU)]]. Withdrawal is [[Advocacy|advocated]] by [[Denmark and the European Union#Euroscepticism|Danish Eurosceptics]] and opposed by Danish [[Pro-Europeanism|Pro-Europeanists]]: each of these groups spans the [[left–right political spectrum]]. The immediate objective of the Danish Eurosceptics is to have a referendum on their proposal. The proposal is supported by just one of the political parties represented in the Danish Parliament, which has less than 9% of the total seats.
+'''Danish withdrawal from the European Union''' ([[colloquially]] '''Dexit'''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eriksen |first1=Julie |title=Den våde drøm om Dexit bliver et mareridt: "Det er på tide, at vi danskere anerkender nogle fundamentale sandheder om vores lille, hyggelige land" |url=https://politiken.dk/debat/debatindlaeg/art7834544/%C2%BBDet-er-p%C3%A5-tide-at-vi-danskere-anerkender-nogle-fundamentale-sandheder-om-vores-lille-hyggelige-land%C2%AB |access-date=24 July 2020 |work=[[Politiken]] |date=23 June 2020 |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=JV mener: Tak for klar DF-udmelding |url=https://jv.dk/artikel/jv-mener-tak-for-klar-df-udmelding |access-date=24 July 2020 |work=[[JydskeVestkysten]] |date=7 June 2020 |language=da}}</ref> or '''Danexit''',<ref>{{cite magazine | date= 13 June 2016 |url= https://www.mein-geld-medien.de/allgemein/danexit-koennte-dem-brexit-folgen/ | language= German | title= Danexit könnte dem Brexit folgen | website= Mein Geld }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | date= 23 June 2016 |url= https://uniavisen.dk/en/danish-media-brexit-wont-lead-to-danexit/ | language= English | title= Danish media: Brexit won't lead to Danexit | website= uniavisen.dk}}</ref> a [[portmanteau]] of "Danish" and "exit") is the [[hypothesis]] that [[Denmark]] might [[Withdrawal from the European Union|leave the European Union (EU)]]. Leaving the [[European Union|EU]] is officially  supported by just two of the political parties represented in the Danish Parliament,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://danskfolkeparti.dk/politik/maerkesager/eu-politik/|title=EU-politik DF - Mere Danmark - mindre EU - Begrænset EU-samarbejde|date=17 September 2023 }}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://nyeborgerlige.dk/politik/eu-politik/|title=EU-politik|website=Nye Borgerlige|access-date=2022-03-02|archive-date=2020-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208131140/https://nyeborgerlige.dk/politik/eu-politik/|url-status=dead}}</ref> with less than 8% of the total seats.
 == Background ==
-{{quote|text=At the moment we are waiting for the results of the [[Brexit negotiations|British negotiations with the EU]]; which relationship Britain will have with the EU. I am pretty sure that [[Brexit withdrawal agreement|the result]] will be such that it could be interesting to have the Danish voters to vote on it as well.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|author=Miriam Arndts | work=DeutschlandfunkKultur.de|date= 1 August 2016| url= https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/daenemark-nach-dem-brexit-wie-wahrscheinlich-ist-ein.976.de.html?dram:article_id=361813 | title= Wie wahrscheinlich ist ein dänisches EU-Referendum? | lang=DE}}</ref> |source=[[Kenneth Kristensen Berth]], August 2016. (Mr. Berth is a senior member of the eurosceptic [[Danish People's Party]], DPP)}}
+{{more|Brexit}}
-[[File:20190615 Folkemodet Bornholm Kristian Thulesen Dahl Dansk Folkeparti 1228 (48068015777).jpg|thumb|Kristian Thulesen Dahl, Danish People's Party (DPP)]]
+In June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU. Eurosceptics elsewhere in the EU were encouraged by this decision, although its consequences had yet to emerge.
+{{blockquote|text=At the moment we are awaiting the results of the UK negotiations with the EU, on what kind of relationship Great Britain will enter into with the EU. I am pretty sure that [[Brexit withdrawal agreement|the result]] will be such that it could be interesting to have the Danish voters to vote on it as well.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |author=Miriam Arndts | work=Deutschlandfunk |date= 1 August 2016 |url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/daenemark-nach-dem-brexit-wie-wahrscheinlich-ist-ein.976.de.html?dram:article_id=361813 | title= Wie wahrscheinlich ist ein dänisches EU-Referendum? |trans-title=How likely is a Danish EU referendum?| language=DE}}</ref> |source=[[Kenneth Kristensen Berth]], Danish politician, August 2016.}}
+In 2016, [[Kristian Thulesen Dahl]], then leader of the [[Danish People's Party]] (DPP), said that he wanted a referendum on whether Denmark should leave the EU.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web | title=Thulesen Dahl nåede 27 år i DF – det slutter, hvor det startede | website=TV 2 Nyheder | date=29 June 2022 | url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2022-06-27-thulesen-dahl-naaede-27-aar-i-df-det-slutter-hvor-det-startede | language=da | access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
+In 2020, [[Morten Messerschmidt]], leader of the DPP since 2022, said that his country might leave the European Union within the next few years due to what he believed would be "the success of Brexit".<ref>{{cite news|author= Andreas Karker |date= 12 January 2020 |url= https://www.bt.dk/politik/morten-messerschmidt-vi-er-meldt-ud-af-eu-inden-2030 | title = B.T. Morten Messerschmidt: Vi er meldt ud af EU inden 2030 | language= Danish}}.</ref>
 == Political positions ==
-{{Expand section|Other parties|date=October 2020}}[[File:Soren Espersen 0c224 3140.jpg|thumb|Søren Espersen, Danish People's Party (DPP)]][[File:Messerschmidt.jpg|thumb|Morten Messerschmidt, Danish People's Party (DPP)]]
-Representatives of the [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]<ref>{{Cite book |first=Ivar|last=Lodemel|year=2014|title=Activation Or Workfare? Governance and Neo-Liberal Convergence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zvVwBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA64|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=64|isbn=9780199773626}}</ref> to [[far-right]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/05/danish-far-right-party-stram-kurs-calling-for-muslim-deportation-to-stand-in-election|title=Danish far-right party calling for Muslim deportation to stand in election|first=Daniel|last=Boffey|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=5 May 2019|quote=Rasmussen’s centre-right Venstre party has run a minority government since 2015 with the support of the far-right Danish People’s party along with the Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People’s party.}}</ref> [[Danish People's Party]] ({{lang|da|Dansk Folkeparti}}, DF), which has 16 (8.7%) of the 179 seats in the [[Danish Parliament]],  had already called for a Danish referendum on leaving the EU,<ref name=":2">{{cite news|author=Bodo Hering| work=Berlin Journal|date= 25 June 2016 | url=https://www.berlinjournal.biz/brexit-sind-holland-und-daenemark-die-naechsten/ | title =Brexit: Sind Holland und Dänemark die nächsten? | lang=DE}}</ref> in the run-up to the British vote on June 23, 2016. In 2016,<ref name=":2">{{cite news|author=Bodo Hering| work=Berlin Journal|date= 25 June 2016 | url=https://www.berlinjournal.biz/brexit-sind-holland-und-daenemark-die-naechsten/ | title =Brexit: Sind Holland und Dänemark die nächsten? | lang=DE}}</ref> DPP leader, [[Kristian Thulesen Dahl]], said that he wanted a Referendum on [[self-determination]], if only Brexit is a success.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|author=Bodo Hering| work=Berlin Journal|date= 25 June 2016 | url=https://www.berlinjournal.biz/brexit-sind-holland-und-daenemark-die-naechsten/ | title =Brexit: Sind Holland und Dänemark die nächsten? | lang=DE}}</ref> The [[wikt:Liberal|liberal]] party [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]], [[Socialdemokraterne]], [[Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|Liberal Alliance]], [[Alternativet]], [[Det Radikale Venstre]], [[Socialistisk Folkeparti]], [[Det Konservative Folkeparti]] and the [[Kristendemokraterne]] Party are all against this proposal.<ref name=":2" />
-In 2020, former MEP [[Morten Messerschmidt]] predicted that his country might leave the European Union within the next few years due to what he believed would be 'the success of Brexit'.<ref>{{cite news|author= Andreas Karker |date= 12 January 2020 |url= https://www.bt.dk/politik/morten-messerschmidt-vi-er-meldt-ud-af-eu-inden-2030 | title = B.T. Morten Messerschmidt: Vi er meldt ud af EU inden 2030 | language= Danish}}.</ref>
+As of 2023, membership of the European Union has broad support across the Danish political spectrum, including from the governing Social Democratic Party<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.socialdemokratiet.dk/english/foreign-policy-and-the-eu/|title=Foreign Policy and the EU|website=www.socialdemokratiet.dk}}</ref> and the main opposition Venstre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.venstre.dk/politik/venstre-mener/eu|title=EU-politik - Hvad er EU politik i Venstre?|website=Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti}}</ref> The [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] parties Danish People's Party and the [[New Right (Denmark)|New Right]] party support leaving the EU.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Schulz |first1=Rasmus Bragh |title=»Pernille Vermund vil ikke ud af EU,« sagde værten, og Vermund bekræftede. Men det var en fejl |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/pernille-vermund-vil-ikke-ud-af-eu-sagde-vaerten-og-vermund-bekraeftede |access-date=3 July 2023 |work=Berlingske.dk |date=12 May 2022 |language=da}}</ref> Together, the two parties hold 10 of the 179 seats in the Danish parliament (as of July 2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mandatfordelingen |url=https://www.ft.dk/da/medlemmer/mandatfordelingen |website=ft.dk|date=25 November 2016 }}</ref>
-As of 2021, the far-right [[New Right (Denmark)|New Right]] opposes Denmark membership of the European Union while the [[Danish People's Party]] and the [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Greens]] consider following suit.<ref>[https://nyeborgerlige.dk/politik/oekonomisk_plan/ nyeborgerlige.dk]. "We want fewer laws and rules (...) We want to (...)
-[a]bolish more laws than are passed". Retrieved November 8, 2017.</ref>
+Although historically eurosceptic, the left-wing [[Red–Green Alliance (Denmark)|Unity List]] dropped its policy of supporting a membership referendum in 2019 as a result of the troubled [[Brexit negotiations]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/ep-valg/vi-oensker-ikke-kopiere-kaos-brexit-har-skraemt-danske-eu-skeptikere-men|title='Vi ønsker ikke at kopiere kaos': Brexit har skræmt danske EU-skeptikere - men ikke alle|date=May 23, 2019|website=DR}}</ref> It now advocates for reform of EU policies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enhedslisten.eu/det-mener-vi-om-eu/|title=Det mener vi om EU|website=Enhedslisten.EU}}</ref> In 2022 it removed the wish to leave the EU from its manifesto, instead describing a "perspective" to leave the EU.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-14 |title=Enhedslisten gør op med årtiers EU-politik: Dansk EU-exit er ikke længere et mål i sig selv |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/enhedslisten-goer-op-med-aartiers-eu-politik-dansk-eu-exit-er-ikke-laengere-et-maal |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref> This was not without controversy within the party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enhedslisten parkerer ambitionen om et dansk farvel til EU: Udmeldelse er ikke et mål i sig selv |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/enhedslisten-parkerer-ambitionen-om-et-dansk-farvel-til-eu-udmeldelse-er-ikke-et-maal-i-sig-selv |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Altinget.dk |date=14 May 2022 |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mai Villadsen efter opblødning af Enhedslistens EU-politik: "Det er et markant skridt, men også et godt kompromis" |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/mai-villadsen-efter-opbloedning-af-enhedslistens-eu-politik-det-er-et-markant-skridt-men-ogsaa-et-godt-kompromis |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Altinget.dk |date=14 May 2022 |language=da-DK}}</ref>
+The [[classical liberal]] and [[libertarian]] [[Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|Liberal Alliance]] tends to favour radically reforming and rolling back powers of the EU to protect Danish sovereignty, but individual politicians within the party and its youth branch at times but not any more endorse a complete withdrawal with some arguing that Denmark should leave the EU while maintaining single-market access.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liberalalliance.dk/politik/eu/ |title=EU policy- A leaner EU |access-date=2022-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Political majority agree to euro pact |url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/137-eu-news/51286-political-majority-agree-to-euro-pact.html |newspaper=[[The Copenhagen Post]] |date=24 March 2011 |access-date=2011-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326122049/http://www.cphpost.dk/news/137-eu-news/51286-political-majority-agree-to-euro-pact.html |archive-date=26 March 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EU |url=https://www.laungdom.dk/politik/arbejdsprogram/eu/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Liberal Alliances Ungdom |language=en-US}}</ref>
 == History ==
-Denmark has been a member of the EU since 1973 and has had a Eurosceptic majority for a long time;<ref name=":1" /> nevertheless a majority support continued Danish membership of the EU.<ref name=":1" /> [[Greenland]], after establishing home rule in 1979, voted to [[Withdrawal of Greenland from the European Communities|leave the European Communities]] in 1982 while remaining a county of Denmark. Denmark has twice disrupted EU plans: in 1992, the Danes voted against ratification of the [[Treaty of Maastricht]],<ref name=":4">{{cite news | author=Helmut Steuer | author2=Martina Meister | author3=Boris Kálnoky | author4=Jörg Winterbauer | author5=Hans-Jörg Schmidt | author6=Sarah Maria Brech |date=25 June 2016 | work=Die Welt | url=https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article156551217/Diese-Laender-koennten-die-naechsten-Exit-Kandidaten-sein.html | title= Diese Länder könnten die nächsten Exit-Kandidaten sein | lang=DE}}</ref> but approved it after the Danish Government renegotiated its terms to secure Danish opt-outs from some<ref name=":2" /> of its provisions;  in 2000 in another referendum,<ref name=":2" /> Denmark decided by a small majority not to join the euro, but since then, the [[Danmarks Nationalbank]] has maintained a fixed exchange rate between the [[Danish Kroner]] and the euro.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalbanken.dk/en/about_danmarks_nationalbank/frequently_asked_questions/Pages/Denmarks-fixed-exchange-rate-policy.aspx   |title= DENMARK'S FIXED EXCHANGE RATE POLICY | publisher = Danmarks Nationalbank | accessdate= 31 January 2020}}</ref> Traditionally, Denmark has limited the extent that it will share its sovereignty with the rest of the European community.
+Denmark has been a member of the EU since 1973 and a majority support continued Danish membership of the EU.<ref name=":1"/> [[Greenland]], after establishing home rule in 1979, voted to [[Withdrawal of Greenland from the European Communities|leave the European Communities]] in 1982 while remaining a country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Denmark has twice voted against closer union: in 1992, the Danes voted against ratification of the [[Treaty of Maastricht]],<ref name=":4">{{cite news | author=Helmut Steuer | author2=Martina Meister | author3=Boris Kálnoky | author4=Jörg Winterbauer | author5=Hans-Jörg Schmidt | author6=Sarah Maria Brech |date=25 June 2016 | work=Die Welt | url=https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article156551217/Diese-Laender-koennten-die-naechsten-Exit-Kandidaten-sein.html | title= Diese Länder könnten die nächsten Exit-Kandidaten sein | language=DE}}</ref> but approved it after the Danish Government renegotiated its terms to secure Danish opt-outs from some of its provisions;<ref name=":2">{{cite news|author=Bodo Hering| work=Berlin Journal|date= 25 June 2016 | url=https://www.berlinjournal.biz/brexit-sind-holland-und-daenemark-die-naechsten/ | title =Brexit: Sind Holland und Dänemark die nächsten? | language=DE}}</ref> in 2000 in another referendum,<ref name=":2" /> Denmark decided by a small majority not to join the [[euro]], but [[Danmarks Nationalbank]] continued its policy of maintaining a [[currency peg|fixed exchange rate]] between the [[Danish krone]] and the euro.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalbanken.dk/en/about_danmarks_nationalbank/frequently_asked_questions/Pages/Denmarks-fixed-exchange-rate-policy.aspx   |title= DENMARK'S FIXED EXCHANGE RATE POLICY | publisher = Danmarks Nationalbank | access-date= 31 January 2020}}</ref>
 == Public opinion ==
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:14px"
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
 ! rowspan="2" |Dates conducted
-! rowspan="2" |Polling Firm
+! rowspan="2" |Polling by
 ! Remain
 ! Leave
@@ Line 29: / Line 33: @@
 ! rowspan="2" |Lead
 |-
-! data-sort-="" style="background:green;width:60px;"" type="number" |
+! data-sort-="" style="background:green;" type="number" |
-! data-sort-="" style="background:red;width:60px;"" type="number" |
+! data-sort-="" style="background:red;" type="number" |
+|-
+| data-sort-value="2023-03-21" |March 2023
+|[[YouGov]]/Eurotrack<ref name="yougov0323">{{cite web  |title= YouGov / Eurotrack Survey Results March 2023 |date= March 2023 |publisher=YouGov/Eurotrack |url=https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/phev3ec7kw/Topline_Eurotrack_Mar23.pdf }}</ref>
+|{{yes|'''68% Total 'Remain''''}}
+|16% Total 'Leave'
+|16% Don't know/Refused
+| style="background:green;color:white;" |52%
+|-
+| data-sort-value="2021-02-15" |February 2021
+|[[YouGov]]/Eurotrack<ref name="yougov0221">{{cite web  |title= YouGov / Eurotrack Survey Results February 2021|date= February 2021 |publisher=YouGov/Eurotrack |url=https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/zdhqxsts2n/Eurotrack_Feb21_Topline.pdf }}</ref>
+|{{yes|'''62% Total 'Remain''''}}
+|23% Total 'Leave'
+|12% Don't know
+| style="background:green;color:white;" |39%
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2020-04-08" |April 2020
-|[[Sentio]]<ref>[https://www.folkebevaegelsen.dk/folkebevaegelsen-mod-eu-repraesentativ-maaling-viser-danskerne-delte-i-spoergsmaalet-om-eu-medlemskab/ People's Movement against the EU: A representative poll shows Danes divided in the question of EU membership], People's Movement against the EU, 8 April 2020 (in Danish)<br><small>The poll question was: ''If a Nordic cooperation could be established, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden with common policies within a great number of issues, e.g. environment, judicial and foreign policy, as well as trade agreements with the EU and other countries – and you had the choice between Denmark participating in the Nordic cooperation or be a member of the EU. Then what would you vote for?''</small></ref>
+|Sentio<ref>[https://www.folkebevaegelsen.dk/folkebevaegelsen-mod-eu-repraesentativ-maaling-viser-danskerne-delte-i-spoergsmaalet-om-eu-medlemskab/ People's Movement against the EU: A representative poll shows Danes divided in the question of EU membership], People's Movement against the EU, 8 April 2020 (in Danish)<br />The poll question was: ''If a Nordic cooperation could be established, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden with common policies within a great number of issues, e.g. environment, judicial and foreign policy, as well as trade agreements with the EU and other countries – and you had the choice between Denmark participating in the Nordic cooperation or be a member of the EU. Then what would you vote for?''</ref>
 |{{yes|'''39% EU member'''}}
 |{{no|'''39% Nordic cooperation'''}}
@@ Line 40: / Line 58: @@
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2020-02-01" |1 February 2020 <!-- 31/1 in UK, 1/2 in DK -->
-| colspan="6" |'''The United Kingdom left the EU.'''
+| colspan="5" align="center"|'''The United Kingdom left the European Union.'''
 |-
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2019-11-07" |November 2019
-|[[European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/cyprus/sites/cyprus/files/annex_automn_standard_eurobarometer_2019.pdf.pdf |title=Eurobarometer 2019 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
+|[[Eurobarometer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/cyprus/sites/cyprus/files/annex_automn_standard_eurobarometer_2019.pdf.pdf |title=Eurobarometer 2019 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
 |{{yes|'''63% Tend to trust'''}}
 |26% Tend not to trust
@@ Line 51: / Line 69: @@
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2019-04-26" |April 2019
-|[[Sentio]]<ref>[https://arbejderen.dk/indland/flest-danskere-ønsker-nordisk-forbund-fremfor-eu-medlemskab Most Danes want Nordic cooperation before EU membership], [[Arbejderen]], 26 April 2019 (in Danish)</ref>
+|Sentio<ref>[https://arbejderen.dk/indland/flest-danskere-ønsker-nordisk-forbund-fremfor-eu-medlemskab Most Danes want Nordic cooperation before EU membership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413152617/https://arbejderen.dk/indland/flest-danskere-%C3%B8nsker-nordisk-forbund-fremfor-eu-medlemskab |date=2021-04-13 }}, Arbejderen, 26 April 2019 (in Danish)</ref>
 |41% EU membership
 |{{no|'''43% Nordic cooperation'''}}
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 |-
 | data-sort-value="2018-11-07" |November 2018
-|[[European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2018/yearTo/2020/surveyKy/2215/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2018 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
+|[[Eurobarometer]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2018/yearTo/2020/surveyKy/2215/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2018 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
 |{{yes|'''60% Tend to trust'''}}
 |31% Tend not to trust
@@ Line 65: / Line 83: @@
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2017-11-07" |November 2017
-|[[European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2017/yearTo/2018/surveyKy/2143/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2017 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
+|[[Eurobarometer]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2017/yearTo/2018/surveyKy/2143/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2017 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
 |{{yes|'''52% Tend to trust'''}}
 |37% Tend not to trust
@@ Line 72: / Line 90: @@
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2016-11-07" |November 2016
-|[[European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2016/yearTo/2017/surveyKy/2137/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2016 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
+|[[Eurobarometer]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2016/yearTo/2017/surveyKy/2137/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2016 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
 |{{yes|'''57% Total 'Optimistic''''}}
 |39% Total 'Pessimistic'
@@ Line 79: / Line 97: @@
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2016-06-23" |23 June 2016
-| colspan="6" |'''The United Kingdom [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|votes to leave the EU]].'''
+| colspan="5" align="center"|'''The United Kingdom [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|votes to leave the European Union]].'''
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2016-03-07" |11-12 April 2016
+|Analyseenheden 4V<ref>''a4v'' (12 April 2016). [https://www.a4v.dk/danexit-after-brexit-short-version/ Danexit after Brexit? Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113052305/https://www.a4v.dk/danexit-after-brexit-short-version/ |date=2020-01-13 }}</ref>
-|Analyseenheden 4V
-<ref>''a4v'' (12 April 2016). [https://www.a4v.dk/danexit-after-brexit-short-version/ Danexit after Brexit? Summary]</ref>
 |30% Stay in the EU
 |27% Follow Britain out of the EU
-|style="background:lightyellow;color:black;|'''34% Wait and see, and make a decision at a later point in time'''<br>9% Don't know
+|style="background:lightyellow;color:black;|34% Wait and see, and decide later<br />9% Don't know
 |style="background:yellow;color:black;"|4%
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2015-11-07" |November 2015
-|[[European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|url =https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2015/yearTo/2016/surveyKy/2098/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2015 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
+|[[Eurobarometer]]<ref>{{cite web|url =https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2015/yearTo/2016/surveyKy/2098/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2015 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
 |{{yes|'''65% Total 'Optimistic''''}}
 |30% Total 'Pessimistic'
@@ Line 97: / Line 114: @@
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2014-11-07" |November 2014
-|[[European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|url =https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2014/yearTo/2015/surveyKy/2041/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2014 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
+|[[Eurobarometer]]<ref>{{cite web|url =https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2014/yearTo/2015/surveyKy/2041/p/2 |title=Eurobarometer 2014 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
 |{{yes|'''73% Total 'Optimistic''''}}
 |25% Total 'Pessimistic'
@@ Line 104: / Line 121: @@
 |-
 | data-sort-value="2013-11-07" |November 2013
-|[[European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|url =https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2013/yearTo/2014/surveyKy/1123/p/2
+|[[Eurobarometer]]<ref>{{cite web|url =https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/yearFrom/2013/yearTo/2014/surveyKy/1123/p/2
 |title=Eurobarometer 2013 |publisher = European Commission }}</ref>
 |{{yes|'''75% Total 'Optimistic''''}}
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 == See also ==
+* [[Denmark in the European Union]]
-* [[Brexit]]
 * [[Currency board]]
-* [[Frexit]]
-* [[Greek withdrawal from the eurozone]]
-* [[Dutch withdrawal from the European Union|Nexit]]
-* [[Polexit]]
-* [[Romanian withdrawal from the European Union]]
-* [[Withdrawal from the European Union]]
 * [[R (Factortame Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport#House of Lords|Interpretation of EU Treaty law by European Court of Justice]]
 * [[Multi-speed Europe]]
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 == References ==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{Withdrawal from the European Union}}
 [[Category:Politics of Denmark]]
-[[Category:Portmanteaus]]
 [[Category:Denmark and the European Union]]
 [[Category:Referendums in Denmark]]
 [[Category:Withdrawal from the European Union]]
+[[Category:Public policy proposals]]

v t e Withdrawal from the European Union
Withdrawal of member state territories	French Algeria (independence) Greenland (changed to OCT status) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (changed to OCT status) Saint Barthélemy (changed to OCT status)
Withdrawal of member states	United Kingdom (and Gibraltar): Brexit
Hypothesised	Denmark France Hungary Netherlands Poland Romania
Current membership Enlargement Article 50 Procedure