The cost of Non-Europe?

Denmark and the Common Security and Defence Policy

The article by Gorm Rye Olsen and Jess Pilegaard argues that the Danish opt-out from the cooperation on the EU’s common defence policy has had limited effects for Danish influence possibilities within the European Union. On the one hand, the opt-out sends an unclear and inconsistent signal to Denmark’s partners which again hampers the possibilities for using Danish coalition power within the EU. On the other hand, contrary to both theoretical expectations and common sense intuition, there is little to suggest that the opt-out has had negative consequences for Denmark’s influence in the EU.

European Security, Vol. 14, No.3, 2005, pp. 339-350.

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