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DETECTOR QUIZ about the defense reservation Photo: ScanpixPhoto: ScanpixPhoto: Scanpix RitzauPhoto: CoulorboxFACTS Danish companies have received DKK 50 million from the EU to develop products and technologies that can be used militarily. - I must admit that I told myself here, said Niels Flemming Hansen (K) subsequently to Detector. However, several companies would still like to get rid of the reservation. Photo: Scanpix Ritzau Photo: Scanpix RitzauFAKTANato's general secretary has neither recommended the Danes to vote yes nor no, his press department writes to Detektor. However, Stoltenberg has said that NATO and the EU 'are two sides of the same coin', which was the quote on which Jan E. Jørgensen based his statement. Stoltenberg also writes to Detektor that 'NATO and the EU are working more closely together than ever before'. Photo: Scanpix RitzauPhoto: The Coulorbox FACT It will be up to the Folketing to decide how much Denmark must arm itself militarily. The Unity List also admitted this in an interview with Detektor. Here, defense spokesman Peder Hvelplund explains that the party believes that there may be political pressure in the EU, which may cause Denmark to further arm itself. Photo: Scanpix RitzauPhoto: Scanpix RitzauFACTS No EU missions have been completed in Ukraine without Denmark. Denmark has participated in a civilian EU mission in Ukraine and also trained the Ukrainian military under NATO auspices. Before Russia's invasion, a military EU mission was planned in Ukraine, in which Denmark could not participate, but it never came to fruition. Photo: Scanpix Ritzau Photo: Scanpix RitzauFAKTAEU can not get a general power of attorney to use Danish soldiers around the world, even if we abolish the defense reservation. The Folketing must continue to give its consent to the specific missions before Danish soldiers can be deployed. That is the assessment of five experts that Detektor has spoken to. It will require another referendum to change it. There will be a requirement that Denmark must participate in operations if we become part of the inner core of the EU's defense policy. Photo: Scanpix RitzauPhoto: Scanpix RitzauFACTSAs the Minister of Defense, Trine Bramsen (S) maintained at least eight times that there will be a “political” demand to send soldiers to EU missions without reservation. Now the Social Democrats call it an "expectation" instead of a demand. The party emphasizes that Denmark has a veto and that the Folketing decides whether soldiers should be sent out. Get a handle on the facts before you vote. Read Detektor's articles here By: Marie Lagoni (LeMPEM@dr.dk) and graphics by Lise Grønvald Nielsen (lisg@dr.dk) Get a handle on the facts before you vote. Read Detektor's articles here By: Marie Lagoni (LeMPEM@dr.dk) and graphics by Lise Grønvald Nielsen (lisg@dr.dk)