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| | Treaty of the European Union - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Treaty of the European Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Denmark rejected the treaty at first, and then accepted it, in national referendums in June 1992 and May 1993. |
 | | The French only narrowly voted in favour in September 1992 and a British government proposal to go ahead with ratification in November 1992 was passed by only a small parliamentary majority, prompting the then British prime minister, John Major, to delay ratification until after a second Danish national referendum. |
 | | By the end of 1992, all parliaments, apart from those of Denmark and Britain, had completed ratification, and at a summit in Edinburgh in December 1992, a series of compromises was agreed, including limited Danish participation. |
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