Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (R) smiles as she receives gifts from newly elected Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Copenhagen June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Keld Navntoft/Scanpix Denmark
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's new prime minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, said on Monday he was bringing forward the date of a referendum on whether the country should give up its exemption from European Union justice rules, a move strongly opposed by eurosceptics.
The vote was due by March 2016 but will now take place before the end of this year. That will pose an early test of Rasmussen's authority as his Liberals heads a new minority government despite holding just 34 of parliament's 179 seats.
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