What will happen if the Dutch vote ‘No’ in the Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement?
On 6 April 2016, a referendum on the approval of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement will be held in the Netherlands. This is the direct result of a new law that gives citizens the right to initiate a so-called ‘corrective’ referendum to refute decisions taken at the political level. If the „No“ camp prevails, as polls suggest it will, that would not be a victory for democracy as proclaimed by the Dutch initiators of the referendum but rather the opposite. Allowing a relatively small part of the population in a relatively small member state to block the entry into force of an agreement which... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Verfassungsblog, Iss 2366-7044 |
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Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
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Schlagwörter: | Direct Democracy / Mixed Treaties / Plebiscite / Referendum / Law / K |
Sprache: | Deutsch Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28990513 |
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