2022 Danish European Union opt-out referendum

A referendum on the abolition of the defense opt-out, one of the country's opt-outs from the European Union, was held in Denmark on 1 June 2022.[3][4][b]

Danish European Union opt-out referendum

← 2015 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)

Do you vote for or against Denmark's participation in the European defence and security co-operation by abolishing the EU defense opt-out? (Proposed law on Denmark's participation in the European defence and security co-operation)[a][1]
Results
Results
Votes %
Yes 1,848,738 66.90%
No 914,829 33.10%
Valid votes 2,763,567 98.63%
Invalid or blank votes 38,257 1.37%
Total votes 2,801,824 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 4,260,944 65.76%

Results of the referendum
Yes:      50–55%      55–60%      60–65%     65–70%      70%+
No:      50–55%      55–60%      60–65%      65–70%      70%+
Source: Statistics Denmark[2]

The referendum was announced on 6 March 2022 after a defense agreement reached during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] The yes side won the referendum, winning two thirds of the vote.[6]

  1. Danish: Stemmer du ja eller nej til, at Danmark kan deltage i det europæiske samarbejde om sikkerhed og forsvar ved at afskaffe EU-forsvarsforbeholdet? (Forslag til lov om Danmarks deltagelse i det europæiske samarbejde om sikkerhed og forsvar)
  2. The vote did not take place on the Faroe Islands or Greenland, which are not part of the European Union

References

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  1. "Formulering på stemmeseddel ved folkeafstemning minder om direkte snyderi, mener Enhedslisten". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  2. "Folkeafstemning onsdag 1. juni 2022: Resultater - Foreløbig opgørelse af valgresultat". dst.dk (in Danish). Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. "Danskerne skal stemme om forsvarsforbeholdet 1. juni". TV2 (in Danish). 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  4. "Endeligt udkast til forslag til Lov om Danmarks deltagelse i det europæiske samarbejde om sikkerhed og forsvar" (PDF). 30 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. "Nationalt kompromis om dansk sikkerhedspolitik" [National compromise on Danish security policy] (PDF). Regeringen (in Danish). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. "Resultater - Folkeafstemning onsdag 1. juni 2022 - Danmarks Statistik". dst.dk. Retrieved 2022-06-01.