Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum, 1993

The Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum of 1993 was a referendum on whether Denmark should ratify the Maastricht Treaty which had already been rejected by the Danish people in a 1992 referendum. The referendum took place on May 18, 1993, with 56.7 % voting for the ratification and 43.3 % voting against, from an 86.5 % voter turnout.^[1]

It was the second attempt to ratify the Maastricht Treaty, which could not come into effect unless ratified by all members of the European Union. Thus, the Edinburgh Agreement granted Denmark four exceptions from the Maastricht Treaty, leading to its eventual ratification. When the results of the referendum were announced, the result and frustrations over the way the Danish government delivered a new treaty for election only a year after the Danes had rejected Maastricht led to riots in the Nørrebro area of Copenhagen, during which the police of Copenhagen opened fire directly against a crowd of approximately 1,000.

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