Editing Denmark (section)

=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Denmark}}
{{Hatnote|Also related: [[Foreign relations of the Faroe Islands]] and [[Foreign relations of Greenland]]}}

[[File:20211103 Nordiska Radets session Kopenhamn 808A9452 (51654525096).jpg|thumb|Danish prime minister [[Mette Frederiksen]] (second from left) with foreign counterparts at the [[Nordic Council]] in Copenhagen, 2021]]

Denmark wields considerable influence in Northern Europe and is a [[middle power]] in international affairs.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Behringer |first1=Ronald M. |title=Middle Power Leadership on the Human Security Agenda |journal=Cooperation and Conflict |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=305–342 |date=September 2005 |s2cid=144129970 |url=http://cac.sagepub.com/content/40/3/305.abstract |access-date=1 May 2016|doi=10.1177/0010836705055068 |url-status=live |archive-date=6 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106114255/http://cac.sagepub.com/content/40/3/305.abstract|issn = 0010-8367 }}</ref> In recent years, Greenland and the Faroe Islands have been guaranteed a say in foreign policy issues such as fishing, [[whaling]], and geopolitical concerns. The foreign policy of Denmark is substantially influenced by [[Denmark and the European Union|its membership]] of the [[European Union]] (EU); Denmark including Greenland joined the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC), the EU's predecessor, in 1973.<ref group="N">The Faroese declined membership in 1973; Greenland [[withdrawal from the European Union|chose to leave]] the EEC in 1985, following [[1982 Greenlandic European Economic Community membership referendum|a referendum]].</ref> Denmark held the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]] on seven occasions, most recently from January to June 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Danish Presidency of the European Union 2012 |url=http://eu2012.dk/en|access-date=25 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103093056/http://eu2012.dk/en|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2012 |publisher=European Union}}</ref> Following World War II, Denmark ended its two-hundred-year-long policy of [[Country neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]]. It has been a founding member of the [[NATO|North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) since 1949, and membership remains highly popular.<ref>{{cite web |title=US Department of State: Denmark |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3167.htm |author=Government of the United States |access-date=25 May 2014 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320100909/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3167.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

As a member of [[Development Assistance Committee]] (DAC), Denmark has for a long time been among the countries of the world contributing the largest percentage of gross national income to [[development aid]]. In 2015, Denmark contributed 0.85% of its [[gross national income]] (GNI) to [[development aid|foreign aid]] and was one of only six countries meeting the longstanding UN target of 0.7% of GNI.<ref group="N">As measured in [[official development assistance]] (ODA). Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom exceeded the United Nations' ODA target of 0.7% of GNI.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Preliminary ODA Figures|url=http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/ODA-2015-detailed-summary.pdf|publisher=OECD|access-date=1 May 2016|location=Paris|date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508134014/http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/ODA-2015-detailed-summary.pdf|archive-date=8 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The country participates in both bilateral and multilateral aid, with the aid usually administered by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]. The organisational name of [[Danish International Development Agency]] (DANIDA) is often used, in particular when operating bilateral aid. According to the 2024 [[Global Peace Index]], Denmark is the 8th most peaceful country in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Global Peace Index |url=https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf |access-date=11 August 2024 |archive-date=19 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819091540/https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>