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Denmark to seek EU deal on Europol after 'No' vote on EU rules


    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Denmark will seek to craft a compromise deal with the European Union that would allow for some cooperation with the cross-border police agency Europol, its prime minister said on Friday, after Danish voters effectively rejected a more binding agreement in a referendum last week.

    Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Copenhagen was seeking what is known in EU jargon as a "parallel deal" next year that would allow it to maintain some cooperation with Europol.

    Speaking to Danish reporters in Brussels after talks with European Council president Donald Tusk, he made clear any new arrangements would fall short of what would have been achieved if Danes had voted yes in the referendum.

    "... the message for me here today was that a parallel deal cannot be a parallel deal that gives full and complete Danish participation in Europol as we know it today," he said.

    (Reporting by Teis Jensen; writing by Sabina Zawadzki; Editing by Gareth Jones)