ABSTRACT
The Danish electorate rejected the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 and approved of the ‘opt out’ Edinburgh Agreement in 1993. Both the rejection and the approval were obvious reminders to the politicians of Finland, Norway and Sweden that they were heading for difficulties in convincing their electorates to vote in favour of EU membership in the referenda that were to be held between October and November 1994. Indeed, the margins of victory were narrow. In Finland and Sweden a majority of 57 and 52 per cent respectively, followed the recommendations of the powers that be to vote for EU membership, while the Norwegian electorate once again rejected membership, by 52.2 per cent.1
