European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes sunday May 31, 1992 Danes sceptical of european Unity vote on tuesday could derail dec s plans by Marc Fisher the Washington Post Copenhagen Denmark a driven by National Pride the insecurity of living in a Small country and a grand tradition of poking authority in the Eye the people of Denmark will deliver a verdict tuesday that could scuttle decades of planning for a United states of Europe. At maastricht Netherlands last fall european politicians agreed after years of haranguing to unite Western Europe politically and economically. But that treaty must do approved by the 12 dec countries. Only Denmark and Ireland Are putting the Issue to the people in the other countries parliamentary approval will suffice. This country of 5 million on the continents Northern Edge will vote on european unification a the plan by the 12 european Community countries to give up a Large chunk of their own sovereignty and adopt a single currency and joint foreign policy and defense opinion polls show a dead heat and the real possibility of a Quot not vote is attracting dire warnings from throughout Europe dutch foreign minister Hans Van Den Broek said a rejection of unification a can be the first step to the dissolution of the  danish dec commissioner Henning Christophersen said that it would a be a disaster for danish influence Economy and  a a a not would leave the Danes behind while the rest of the dec moves ahead said German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French president Frangois Mitterrand. In fact no one knows exactly what a danish a a not would mean. But politicians from Portugal to Sweden fear that a couple of million sceptical Danes could derail the entire european Unity process encouraging other dec members to reject the maastricht treaty and making membership less appealing to countries such As Norway Sweden and Austria which Are awaiting dec admission. We re for a United Europe but we still want to be Danes. See we like our sausages a certain Way Bare. But the bureaucrats in Brussels won t Tat us have red sausages because the germans would t allow the colouring that s the kind of thing that will happen to us a businessman per Meilsoe even that is now in doubt. Frances gaullist Are worrying publicly about the Wisdom of giving up control of National defense and diplomacy. And Germany until recently the most staunch devotee of a United Europe has been going through a severe Case of last minute jitters with polls showing widespread Public fear of giving up the country a beloved currency the Mark. A there is a feeling around Europe that Brussels Belgium a Home of the eco a sprawling bureaucracy a is a very faraway place a said flans Jorgen Nielsen a political scientist at the University of Copenhagen. A european unification was created from the top Down by the politicians and bureaucrats. Now the people Are asking very Basic  Danes arc suspicious of a United Europe. Nine Hundred years ago legend has it a sign at the danish German Border announced a there ends the roman  proud of their history of direct democracy and scepticism of Rule from afar a Many Danes feel the Campaign for a a yes vote is authoritarian and everything authoritarian is in danish a said historian Henrik Nissen. A Why should Brussels make our Laws a asked Tor Ben Gross an organizer of Denmark 92, one of the grass roots groups leading the Campaign for a a no Quot vote. Such a a not movements have tapped into a lode of sentiment against Unity that exists almost entirely outside the country a political establishment. Every major political party Trade Union Industry group and news organization is on the a a yes bandwagon. The danish government has spent millions handing out 500,000 copies of the maastricht treaty the economic Power of the a a yes Campaign is Plain on every Street Corner. A the Only thing missing from the a yes Campaign is the people a Nielsen said. A Gallup poll probing the roots of the opposition movement found that a a not voters believe Denmark will lose Independence to a United Europe and that Small countries Are ignored in the dec. That fear was bolstered by press reports of a proposal by dec president Jacques Delors to Cut the influence of Small countries on Community decision making. Similarly announcement of plans for a German French army corps fed danish fears of Large Power domination of a United Europe. A a we re for a United Europe but we still want to be Danes a said per Meilsoe who owns a business Here. A see we like our sausages a certain Way Here. But the bureaucrats in Brussels wont let us have red sausages because the germans  allow the colouring. That a the kind of thing that will happen to  India missile fails test after perfect launching new Delhi India api a a surface to surface rocket the showpiece of indians missile program failed in the final stage of a test flight news reports said saturday. The medium Range Agni missile was launched Friday from a military Range in Chandi Pur in the Eastern state of Orissa. Officials said the launching was perfect but the missile could not perform the final Maneu vers which were the focus of the test flight the statesman newspaper reported. The final stage of the rocket ignited and separated prematurely the statesman quoted a defense research and development organization statement As saying. It did not elaborate. The statement did not say whether the failure would affect the development of the rocket which was first tested in May 1989 with partial Success. The launching was the latest sign that India intends to go ahead with its ballistic missile program despite . Pressure. India is the seventh country after the United states Russia China France Britain and Israel to have developed its own ballistic missiles. On Friday the . State department criticized the test saying it would impair Security in the Region. Three weeks ago the United states imposed sanctions on the Indian space research organization because of its proposed Purchase of russian rocket technology. The United states says the technology can be applied to developing ballistic missiles. India insists it will be used Only to put civilian satellites in orbit. 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