But, though it would have been thought small in such Eurosceptical countries as Denmark or Britain, the size of the No vote shook Ireland's main parties.
The United States is far behind countries such as Denmark and Germany, which generate four times as much wind power.
Countries such as Denmark provide incentives for doctors to communicate electronically reported in a Commonwealth Fund report entitled Issues in International Health Policy.
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But up until now, the UK's resistance to granting prisoners the vote sets it apart from countries such as Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland who have no such restrictions.
Whereas countries such as Denmark and Singapore score highly for their "generally co-operative" relations, France is seen by the WEF as having the most confrontational workplace environment in the world.
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Yet countries such as Britain, Denmark and Sweden have perfectly understandable political and economic reasons for holding back for the time being.
Countries such as America, Denmark, New Zealand and the Netherlands do better (see chart) in terms of the protection they get for the amount they spend.
Monetary union was an extreme example of this: countries such as Britain and Denmark which did not fancy joining a single currency were allowed to opt out.
The broader problem is that EU leaders had assumed that potential non-ratifiers would either be small countries, such as Denmark or the Czech Republic whose arms might be twisted into voting again or a more sceptical country such as Britain.
Nationalists say that because Scotland is classified as a "region" it is unable to enjoy all of the benefits enjoyed by similarly-sized countries like Finland and Denmark and smaller countries such as the Republic of Ireland.
Some countries, such as Norway and Denmark, never reached that exalted state.
The economies of several EU countries, such as Ireland and Denmark, are already officially shrinking and many others - including the UK - are expected to follow suit within the next few months.
In particular, levels of cycling and walking are falling - with England lagging well behind other European countries, such as the Netherlands and Denmark.
World-weary French commentators sometimes maintain that only smaller, more homogenous countries, such as Ireland, Finland, Denmark or the Netherlands can reform.
The ILO points out that some countries where youth unemployment is relatively low, such as Austria, Denmark and Sweden, have successfully introduced such programmes.
A. The countries that did not join the euro, such as Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway are still enjoying good economic growth.
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Countries where the gap between youth and total unemployment is small, such as Germany and Denmark, have thriving apprenticeship schemes.
NetDoktor, which began two years ago in Denmark and has since expanded into six other countries, alters its presentation of tricky issues such as abortion according to local sensitivities.
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