Copenhagen - Danish voters still narrowly favour the introduction of Europe's joint currency, the euro, but are in no hurry to vote in a referendum, two surveys showed Wednesday.

The results were published on the eve of a parliamentary hearing on the euro.

A survey commissioned by banking group Danske Bank suggested that 41.4 per cent of voters wanted to introduce the euro while 39.8 per cent were against replacing the krone.

About one in five were undecided, according to the survey based on telephone interviews with 1,060 voters.

Since November 2008 the margin between the supporters and opponents of introducing the euro - including undecided voters leaning either way - has declined from 8.3 to
3.5 percentage points.

Danske Bank attributed this to a stronger currency reserve and "the pressure on the krone has eased," offering the central bank a chance to reduce the rate spread to the eurozone.

A separate poll indicated that Danes were cool to staging a referendum on the euro - 43 per cent opposed a referendum, to 26 per cent in favour and 18 per cent who wanted to wait on a vote. The views were expressed in a survey of 1,129 people conducted by the Capacent Epinion polling institute.

Denmark joined the EU in 1973, but obtained opt-outs that include security and defence policy, justice and home affairs after voters initially rejected the Maastricht Treaty in a 1992 referendum.

Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and other leading politicians have become more critical of the opt-outs, as they have given Denmark less say in the 27-nation bloc. (dpa)