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Denmark: Case against Schengen

01 November 1997

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The newly-formed Organisation "Grundlovsvaren" (Protection of the Constitution) took out a court case against the Danish Prime Minister, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, on the grounds that he had violated the Constitution. The action, launched on 24 September, is based on the rule in the Danish Constitution which says that in exercising its executive power the government cannot give away power to other countries (eg: Germany and Sweden under Articles 40 and 41 of the Schengen Agreement), it can only give powers to international organisations.

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