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The capital of Denmark is Copenaghen, its area measures 43,094 square kilometres, the population is made up of 5,368,377 inhabitants, the gross domestic product is 189.4 billion Euros. The inflation is 1.2%, its unemployment rate is 5.8%, the deficit is +0.9%,with a balance in surplus and its National debt is 43.4%. Denmark is a constitutional monarchy, it’s a unitary State with a storng devolution towards Groenland and the Far ?er Islands, that are part of the Danish State. The Head of the State presently is Queen Margaret II. The Danish form of government is a parliamentary one, according to the electoral results the King or the Queen appoints the Prime Minister and he appoints the other Ministers. The Government has to gain, then, the Parliament’s confidence. The Danish Parliament is a mono-cameral one and it is made up of 179 members. Two among them are elected in Groenland and in the Far ?er Islands. The Parliamen lasts in office for 4 years and it is elected by a proportional electoral system. The last legislative elections took place in Denmark in November 2001 and they awarded the victory to a centre-rightist government, leaded by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, supported by a coalition between the Liberal party and the Conservatory party. This coalition ended the traditional leadership of the Social-Democratic party, that lasted for more than 50 years. The political scene also includes some smaller parties, the Socialist Party and the Social-Liberals at Left, while the nationalist right is represented by the Danish People Party. Denmark joined the European Union, former European Economic Community, in 1973, together with Ireland and UK, yet it is not part of Euro. The referendum about joining Euro, infact, held in September 2000 had a negative result, with the 53% of “NO”. The referendum that was bound to ratify the European constitutional Treaty, has been suspended after the negative result it had in France and Holland. The number of the European deputies for Denmark decreased, after the enlargement, from 16 to 14. The European elections were held on 12th June 2004, the affluence to the polls was quite high, touching the 47.8%,less than the last elections, but more than the average within the Union (45.5%).The relative majority of votes on this occasion went to the Social-Democratic party, traditionally “Euro-sceptical”, that get 5 out of 14 seats and its deputies joined the European Socialists. Premier Rasmussen’s liberal party gained 3 seats, joining the Liberals and Democratics alliance. The socio-Liberals get 1 deputy that joined the same alliance. The other government party, the Conservatories, get just 1 seat, 1 seat went to the Socialists, two to the leftist and rightist “euro-sceptical” movements. The Danish member within the European Commission,leaded by Barroso, is Mariann Fischer Boel, responsible for the agriculture and the country development.
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