GETTY A new poll has found more than 60 per cent of Danes want a referendum on a continued relationship

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A new poll has found more than 60 per cent of Danes want a referendum on a continued relationship with Europol if a renegotiated agreement cannot be reached within six months. The Liberal’s EU spokesperson, Jan Jørgensen, said: “We can not just continue to wait.” Last year the country voted against ending the flexible opt-out arrangement under EU Justice and Home Affairs laws, meaning the Scandinavian country must reach a parallel agreement with Brussels if it wishes to remain apart of the co-operation.

Denmark can currently opt-out on EU Justice matters, meaning it remains exempt from large parts of the EU's criminal justice and home affairs system but as Europol is being reformed Brussels wants the country to fall in line with the other member countries. Europol’s main function since it was established in 1998 has been to combat organised international crime by working across European borders and the Euro bloc is now attempting to strengthen the organisation’s grip. But as more than 50 per cent of Danes voted against ending the opt-out deal last year, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen was forced to instigate talks for a new deal with the bloc. However it has now been revealed no such negotiations are on-going despite the Europol changes being implemented already in May 2017.

GETTY Last year the country voted against ending the flexible opt-out arrangement

GETTY Europol is being reformed Brussels wants the resistant country to fall in line

We can not just continue to wait The Liberal’s EU spokesperson, Jan Jørgensen

Tensions between the EU and Denmark have been growing and in May European Council President Donald Tusk warned the member state it would not be easy to establish a parallel agreement. At the time Tusk said: “The European Union would of course prefer to keep Denmark as close to its core as possible. “At the same time, we must also respect the outcome of national referendums as well as the existing political and legal limitations. “So it will not be easy. Maybe impossible.”

GETTY Tensions between the EU and Denmark have been growing