The World - News from April 20, 1988

Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlueter called an election for May 10 and asked voters “to take a stand” on the nation’s full partnership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He told Parliament he is calling the election because of a resolution it passed last week demanding that visiting warships be warned against carrying nuclear arms. Until now, Danish governments have not pressed U.S. and British naval vessels to respect a 30-year-old policy barring nuclear weapons from its territory in peacetime. The election will be the first since World War II to be fought on defense issues.