By Susana Lima

On Thursday, due to the debt crisis of the EU, Denmark won the presidency of the European Union in order to achieve healing the differences between the UK and other member states.

Even though Denmark is one of the ten countries that do not use the euro and is not able to make decisions in the euro area, it will try to help dominate Europe's debt crisis that has lasted two years.

 A new fiscal pact is a priority that Denmark should run to assign tough new budget rules to member nations in the euro zone and other countries that are already part of the covenant.

 

During a summit on December 9th, 26 members of the European Union expressed their willingness to join the agreement, except for the 27th member, the United Kingdom who refused to do so.

At the beginning of his half a year presidency, the European minister Nicolai Wammen said in Copenhagen, the EU's family is a family of 27 and no less, giving Denmark the responsibility to plan the agenda for the EU.

The way to accomplish this mission is to be an honest broker in the table and also carry out a competent and responsible presidency, he said.

During a parallel press conference, Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, said Denmark will be a bridge for stability, indicating that it could work with its partner, the UK, to take London to back to the group. We’ll do what we can to get Europe out of the crisis, she said.

In addition to this challenge, Denmark should also put pressure on other member states to sign the agreement, and convince their people to support it.

In most countries, including Denmark, the December agreement still must be approved formally by parliament which could provide new arguments, according to analysts.

Written in a friendlier manner, the latest agreement draft inspired more security to some member states on Wednesday, when they were still incredulous.

Wammen added, is the firm belief of the Danish Government that the agreement now under discussion contains several important elements that are in line with Denmark national interests.

The Danish economy is largely dependent on the stability of the euro zone since 65 percent of its exports go directly to Europe.

The Danes may oppose to the euro adoption, but the Danish industry has a strong interest in a stable single currency and the country's politicians are determined to keep Europe together.

During his presidency, the country will also focus on environmental and energy policies. In the past 20 years, Denmark has insisted on becoming a leader in green technologies and aims to hold only non-fossil energy by 2050.