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Thorning-Schmidt has pledged to keep the EU as unified as possible (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

Denmark to battle for European unity

Denmark takes over the six-month EU rotating presidency on Sunday (1 January), kicking off what is expected to be another traumatic year for the eurozone and its single currency.

Like all presidency countries, Denmark has a specific to-do list, but the eurozone crisis means that its most pressing task will be political in nature: ensuring that euro and non-euro states do not drift apart.

Not being a member of the single currency means that politically it is already on the back-foo...

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