Content tagged with "Referendum"
13-08-2012
Bulgaria is most likely to have a national referendum on its second nuclear power on the Danube early next year. The referendum will be held on “Belene” – a long pending project that had been discontinued earlier this year by a decision of the ruling party GERB. The Bulgarian...
26-09-2012
On Saturday, 10 November 2012, Ireland’s three million registered voters are called to decide whether to amend the Irish constitution and to grant more rights to the child. Last week the Irish Government published the wording of Ireland’s 31st constitutional amendment, which...
15-10-2012
On Sunday, 14 October Lithuanian voters rejected by referendum to build a new nuclear power plant, the Visaginas plant. With a (preliminary) voter turnout of 52 %, the referendum just reached the necessary threshold of 50% in order to be valid. The referendum was non-binding,...
16-01-2013
On Sunday, 20 January 2013, Austrian eligible citizens are called to vote in a referendum on the future of military conscription. They will have the choice to opt for maintaining the current system of military service and a mandatory civilian service or to introduce a...
15-02-2013
On Thursday, 14 February 2013, the lower house of the Dutch parliament adopted legislation to introduce a non-binding facultative referendum. With this instrument of direct democracy, 300,000 citizens can trigger a national referendum on a law or treaty passed by the national...
19-02-2013
Historic Poll in the Falkland Islands/ Malvinas
On 10 and 11 March 2013, Falkland Island’s eligible voters will go to the polls to answer the following question by referendum: “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory...
01-03-2013
New group of activists founded in Bratislava In March 2012 political activists launched the Petition for a better Slovakia with the goal of improving Slovakia’s legislation for referenda. The activists also founded the group OZ PD (Direct Democracy Association) in Bratislava to...
12-03-2013
Today the Falklands Islands Government announced the result of the referendum on the status of the islands, conducted during 10 and 11 March 10 2013. Accordingly 1,513 Falklanders opted for and three Falklanders voted against the Falkland Islands to remain a part of the United...
26-03-2013
Petros Vourlis is an electrical engineer by profession. He lives in Athens. Petros Vourlis has been campaigning for direct democracy in his country for two years. He has translated into Greek the book “Direct Democracy. Facts and Arguments about the introduction of initiative...
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