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You never know with referendums! A view from Denmark

The Danes have had eight EU referendums to date. A veteran campaigner and former Danish MP relates her experience of these and explains the mechanics of influencing a referendum vote.

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Charlotte Antonsen

In Denmark we have had eight EU referendums in the last four decades.

As a former member of the Danish parliament and EU-spokesman from 1990 to 2007, I’ve been directly involved in planning and campaigning for four of them. Below I will share what lessons the UK may draw from this experience, and explain what happened in our last EU-referendum in December, the rejection of which came as a big surprise to many.