The top brass in Brussels have been remarkably reluctant to speculate on the outcome of Denmark's euro referendum ever since Romano Prodi, the commission's president, waded into the debate in May, commenting that membership of the euro zone was, by definition, permanent. The Danish government had already assured the voters that they could join the euro and change their minds later. Chastened by the experience, Javier Solana, the European Union's "high representative for foreign affairs", at a meeting with Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers in Middelfart, Denmark, last week said he would not dream of interfering. The decision, Mr Solana told the Danes, was theirs alone. The latest opinion polls put the europhiles a shade ahead.
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