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Denmark Begins EU Council Presidency With Focus on Ukraine Accession and Defense

At the Aarhus opening event, Copenhagen outlined plans to advance a 2040 climate target alongside tighter migration rules

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Mette Frederiksen, Ministerpräsidentin von Dänemark, verlässt eine Wahlkabine bei der Parlamentswahl 2022 in einem Wahllokal.
Mette Frederiksen geht im hellen Hosenanzug an einer blauen Wand vorbei, an der die Plakate zum Natogipfel angehängt sind

Overview

  • Denmark officially assumed the EU Council presidency on July 1 with a kickoff ceremony in Aarhus attended by Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa.
  • Its agenda calls for formally opening EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and pressing Hungary to lift its veto.
  • Denmark aims to enhance EU defense coordination by boosting military production capacity and targeting self-defense capability by 2030.
  • It plans to propose stricter migration measures including faster asylum returns and external processing centers.
  • Denmark will seek EU agreement on a 2040 climate goal to set the bloc on track for net-zero emissions by 2050; it will also steer talks on the 2028–2034 budget and US-EU trade disputes.