STOCKHOLM, Feb. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Denmark will hold a referendum on the new EU constitution on September 27, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced on Monday.

    Rasmussen and opposition parties agreed on the date, according to Danish news agency Ritzaus.

    Danes rejected the EU's Maastricht Treaty in 1992 and euro membership in 2000, but a recent opinion poll showed 49 percent ofDanes would back the new EU charter, with 26 percent against.

    Rasmussen, who heads a center-right government, was re-elected on Feb. 8. He said he would campaign for a Yes vote in the referendum.

    Spain voted for the constitution on Feb. 20, in the first such referendum. Enditem