In Copenhagen, the logical approach would be for Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt to lead her Social Democrat party into the next parliamentary elections, as she has pledged to do: Denmark is not in the eurozone nor does it participate in European defence policy or judicial cooperation. Yet Danish and foreign media are imagining an EU career for Thorning-Schmidt. The fact that Angela Merkel asked to meet her, on 19 June, is contributing to speculation.
If these rumours prove unfounded, other…