Denmark stuck in EU treaty quagmire

EUObserver reported that days away from taking over the EU's rotating Presidency on 1 January 2012 that will be responsible in part for steering through a new intergovernmental treaty, the Danish government become stuck in a quagmire of resistance to the so-called fiscal compact proposed as a way of dealing with the eurozone debt crisis at the European Council, Brussels, 8-9 December 2011.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU treaty hopes come under strain http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-treaty-hopes-come-under-strain/

ESO: Background information: Danish parliamentary election, 2011 http://www.europeansources.info/record/danish-parliamentary-election-2011/

Politiken, 9.12.11: EU Thorning: We haven’t decided yet http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1474919/eu-thorning-we-havent-decided-yet/

Politiken, 12.12.11: Søvndal in extraordinary EU party meeting http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1477179/soevndal-in-extraordinary-eu-party-meeting/

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