Alarm over defence agreement giving US ‘unhindered access’ to Danish airbases
by Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6XCNP)
Deal would allow US to carry out military activities in and from Denmark, giving them powers over Danish civilians
When Copenhagen signed a new defence agreement giving the US unhindered access" to Danish airbases in December 2023, the idea of granting sweeping powers to US forces on Danish soil was quite a different proposition to what it is today.
The US, then under the Biden administration, was an unwavering Nato ally that Denmark had followed into wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Nordic neighbours Sweden, Finland and Norway had similar agreements with the US.
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