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POLL-Danes against euro overtake supporters-agency

COPENHAGEN: Danes opposed to membership of the European Union's single currency, the euro, have edged ahead of supporters for the first time since October 1998, according to a fresh opinion poll.

Euro opponents led supporters 46-43 percent in the first survey published since Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen's announcement Thursday that Denmark would on September 28 hold a referendum on participation in the euro, the Ritzau news agency said on Friday. It cited a Gallup opinion poll it said was published in Saturday's edition of the daily Berlingske Tidende.-Reuters