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Denmark votes in referendum on EU defense amid Ukraine war

Mette Frederiksen, Danish Prime Minister and Chairman of The Social Democratic Party speaks to members of her party in the parliament in Copenhagen, Wednesday June 1, 2022. Denmark appears headed toward joining the European Union’s common defense policy that it long eschewed, partial results from a referendum indicate, in a new example of a European country seeking closer defense links with allies after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Chairman of the Danish People's Party Morten Messerschmidt votes in Ordrup Hallen, Denmark, Wednesday 1 June 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country's 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen casts her ballot in Hareskovhallen, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) People vote at Rude Skov School in Birkeroed, Denmark, Wednesday June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) People vote at Rude Skov School in Birkeroed, Denmark, Wednesday June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) The five leaders of the political parties belonging to the 'National Compromize' campaign for a YES, in the center of Copenhagen, Wednesday June 1, 2022. From left, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, leader of The Liberal Party, Sofie Carsten Nielsen, leader of The Social Liberal Party, Soeren Pape, leader of the Conservative Party, Pia Olsen Dyhr, leader of the The Socialist Peoples Party and Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Chairman of the Danish People's Party Morten Messerschmidt votes in Ordrup Hallen, Denmark, Wednesday 1 June 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country's 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen casts her ballot in Hareskovhallen, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) People vote at Rude Skov School in Birkeroed, Denmark, Wednesday June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) People vote at Rude Skov School in Birkeroed, Denmark, Wednesday June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) The five leaders of the political parties belonging to the 'National Compromize' campaign for a YES, in the center of Copenhagen, Wednesday June 1, 2022. From left, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, leader of The Liberal Party, Sofie Carsten Nielsen, leader of The Social Liberal Party, Soeren Pape, leader of the Conservative Party, Pia Olsen Dyhr, leader of the The Socialist Peoples Party and Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Chairman of the Danish People's Party Morten Messerschmidt votes in Ordrup Hallen, Denmark, Wednesday 1 June 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country's 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen casts her ballot in Hareskovhallen, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) People vote at Rude Skov School in Birkeroed, Denmark, Wednesday June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) People vote at Rude Skov School in Birkeroed, Denmark, Wednesday June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) The five leaders of the political parties belonging to the 'National Compromize' campaign for a YES, in the center of Copenhagen, Wednesday June 1, 2022. From left, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, leader of The Liberal Party, Sofie Carsten Nielsen, leader of The Social Liberal Party, Soeren Pape, leader of the Conservative Party, Pia Olsen Dyhr, leader of the The Socialist Peoples Party and Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Chairman of the Danish People's Party Morten Messerschmidt votes in Ordrup Hallen, Denmark, Wednesday 1 June 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country's 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen casts her ballot in Hareskovhallen, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) People vote at Rude Skov School in Birkeroed, Denmark, Wednesday June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) People vote at Rude Skov School in Birkeroed, Denmark, Wednesday June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) The five leaders of the political parties belonging to the 'National Compromize' campaign for a YES, in the center of Copenhagen, Wednesday June 1, 2022. From left, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, leader of The Liberal Party, Sofie Carsten Nielsen, leader of The Social Liberal Party, Soeren Pape, leader of the Conservative Party, Pia Olsen Dyhr, leader of the The Socialist Peoples Party and Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen casts her ballot in Hareskovhallen, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danes arrive to cast their ballots in a referendum on defense policy in Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen casts her ballot in Hareskovhallen, Denmark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Polling stations opened in Denmark for voters to decide Wednesday whether to abandon their country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Soeren Pape leader of the Conservative Party participates in a partyleader debate on Danish television in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Danish citizens are voting in a referendum that will decide whether their country will abandon its 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen participates in a partyleader debate on Danish television in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Danish citizens are voting in a referendum that will decide whether their country will abandon its 30-year-old opt-out from the European Union's common defense policy. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Political leader The Red-Green Alliance Mai Villadsen hands out flyers during their NO campaign at Noerreport Station in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Danish voters on Wednesday will decide whether to abandon their country's 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc's common defense policy. Writing on posters reads in Danish "The defense industry is one of the most climate damaging in the world, no defense reservation." (Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Political leader The Red-Green Alliance Mai Villadsen hands out flyers during their NO campaign at Noerreport Station in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Danish voters on Wednesday will decide whether to abandon their country's 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc's common defense policy. Writing on flyer reads in Danish "Vote no on June 1, preserve the defense reservation." (Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Chairman of the Danish People's Party Morten Messerschmidt hangs a poster with writing reading in Danish "Vote no to more EU", in Amagerbro in Copenhagen, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Historically skeptical about European Union efforts to deepen security cooperation, Danish voters on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 will decide whether to abandon their country's 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc's common defense policy. (Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix) FILE - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, centre, speaks to people while on an election campaign, in Holbaek, Denmark, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Voters on Wednesday will decide whether to abandon their country's 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc's common defense policy. (Claus Bech/ Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)
Denmark votes in referendum on EU defense amid Ukraine war