DENMARK: DANES VOTE IN REFERENDUM WHICH WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO JOIN SINGLE EUROPEAN CURRENCY

Record ID: 978657

  • Title: DENMARK: DANES VOTE IN REFERENDUM WHICH WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO JOIN SINGLE EUROPEAN CURRENCY
  • Date: 26th September 2000
  • Summary: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (FILE - MAY 19, 1993) (REUTERS) 1. SLV DEMONSTRATORS CLASHING WITH THE POLICE IN NORREBRO AREA OF COPENHAGEN FOLLOWING A "YES" VOTE IN 1993 REFERENDUM ON DENMARK'S JOINING THE MAASTRICHT TREATY (AUDIO ARTIST FINN TORSTEIN LARSEN SPEAKING) (4 SHOTS) 0.17 COPENHAGEN DENMARK (SEPTEMBER 23, 2000) 2. SOUNDBITE (English) LARSEN: We thought, of course, that we will be winning, it was fifty-fifty, just like it is now, but we had lost. On that night people were demonstrating out in Norrebro. Suddenly the police took out their pistols and started shooting at demonstrators. Many went to hospitals. It was a big, big luck that nobody got killed. 0.37 3. SCU LARSEN'S ARTWORKS; LARSEN AT WORK (3 SHOTS) 0.45 4. SCU POSTER AT THE ENTRANCE TO CHRISTIANIA READING "NOW YOU ARE LEAVING EU/EEC".; "NEJ" POSTERS ON WALL (3 SHOTS) 0.52 PROMOTIONAL VIDEO 5. CU DANISH CROWN BANKNOTES BEING COUNTED; CROWN COINS BEING COUNTED; BANKNOTES COMING OUT OF THE CASH MACHINE (3 SHOTS) 1.01 PROMOTIONAL VIDEO FOR THE DANISH PEOPLE PARTY 6. MV PEOPLE ON THE STREET; ANTI EURO POSTER; DPP'S LEADING ANTI-EURO CAMPAIGNER PIA KJAERSGAARD DURING HER CAMPAIGN TRAIL USING FAIRGROUND EQUIPMENT (4 SHOTS) 1.22 FYN ISLAND, DENMARK (SEPTEMBER 21, 2000) (REUTERS) 7. SLV KJAERSGAARD ADDRESSING THE CROWD AT THE MARKET; IN THE CROWD SHOUTING "NEJ"; KJAERSGAARD GIVING AUTOGRAPHS. (4 SHOTS) 1.38 8. SOUNDBITE (English) PIA KJAERSGAARD: "I am afraid that we would lose the individual states in Europe if there is a "Yes" vote of September 28." 1.54 9. SLV MEN GAMBLING (2 SHOTS) 2.01 10. SOUNDBITE (English) GAMBLING TABLE ATTENDANT ANSWERING THE QUESTION HOW HE IS GOING TO VOTE, SAYING: "No, because we want our Danish money." 2.08 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (SEPTEMBER 23, 2000) (REUTERS) 11. SLV NO-CAMPAIGNER STANDING BY A TABLE PAINTED IN EU FLAG COLOURS ASKING PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER TO PUT HANDCUFFS ON; SCU HANDCUFFS. (2 SHOTS) 2.15 PRO-EURO SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PROMOTIONAL VIDEO 12. MV KISSING COUPLE SUPER READING "YES TO THE FUTURE EUROPE." 2.20 13. SLV FACTORY, SUPER READING "YES TO CREATE INFLUENCE." 2.24 14. SLV ELDERLY COUPLE SUPER READING "YES TO THE BETTER WELFARE." 2.29 15. HAS STOCK EXCHANGE SUPER READING "YES TO THE FUTURE SECURITY." 2.33 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (SEPTEMBER 22, 2000) (REUTERS) 16. SOUNDBITE (English) DANISH PRIME MINISTER POUL NYROP RASMUSSEN AT NEWS CONFERENCE SAYING: "Nothing is sure right now. It will be close but nobody can say what will be the outcome on September 28." 2.40 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (SEPTEMBER 23, 2000) (REUTERS) 17. SCU POUL NYROP RASMUSSEN CUTTING A CAKE AT COPENHAGEN'S OLD TOWN'S SQUARE, GIVING A PIECE TO A BOY, THEN ANOTHER PIECE TO A MAN (3 SHOTS) 2.54 18. SLV OLD TOWN SQUARE 2.59 19. MV RASMUSSEN TALKING TO TWO STUDENT GIRLS EXPAINING TO THEM THE BENEFITS OF DENMARK JOINING THE EURO (3 SHOTS) 3.11 20. SOUNDBITE (English) KATRINE PETERSEN, STUDENT, SAYING "I kind of decided to vote "No" but after talking to the Prime Minister I see his point and maybe I will vote "Yes" on September 28. But I am not sure yet." 3.21 21. SLV CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES AT COPENHAGEN'S KULTORVET SQUARE. 3.24 VILLAGE OF ESRUM, DENMARK (SEPTEMBER 20, 2000) (REUTERS) 22. SLV "JA" POSTER IN THE DANISH COUNTRYSIDE. 3.26 23. SLV PIG FARMER KARL BRUUN ENTERS PIG PEN, GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO ATTENDANT; SCU BABY PIGS FEEDING; SCU PIGLETS UNDER A HEATING LAMP; SCU FACE OF LARGE PIG LYING IN MANURE AND BLINKING AT CAMERA; SLV PIGS LYING AROUND (7 SHOTS) 3.50 24. SOUNDBITE (English) PIG FARMER CARL BRUUN SAYING "I think that the Danes do not really know whether they want to be a part of Europe or not. They would like to benefit from Europe but at the same time they do not want to be controlled by Europe" 4.09 OERESUND CONSORTIET PROMOTIONAL VIDEO 25. SLV BRIDGE BETWEEN DENMARK AND SWEDEN; CARS DRIVING THROUGH TOLL STATION ON BRIDGE; TOLL STATION ATTENDANT; BAR GOING UP; SCU PRICE IN DANISH CROWNS CHANGING INTO SWEDISH CROWNS ON A DISPLAY (5 SHOTS) 4.20 26. AERIAL OF BRIDGE 4.27 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (RECENT) (REUTERS) 27. SOUNDBITE (English) SWEDEN'S FINANCE MINISTER BOSSE RINGHOLM SAYING "We have no timetable for referendum in Sweden. We are setting up government commission, which will investigate the conditions for Sweden's membership in the monetary union. We do not know exactly when this commission will finalise its opinion. After that we have to discuss the possibilities for referendum. I do not think that we will have a referendum in the near future." 4.56 OERESUND CONSORTIET PROMOTIONAL VIDEO 28. AERIAL OF BRIDGE AT NIGHT WITH HEADLIGHTS OF CARS CROSSING BRIDGE 5.11 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: COPENHAGEN, FYN ISLAND, ESRUM, DENMARK/STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
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  • Country: Sweden Denmark
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