Referendum
Referendum in Europe
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National referendums on European Union issues
By Issue, State (Country), Year, Yes (%), No (%) and Turnout (%):
Membership Referendum
Ireland 1972 (83) (17) (71)
Norway 1972 (46) (54) (79)
Norway 1994 48 52 89
Denmark 1972 63 36 90
United Kingdom 1975 67 33 64
Austria 1994 67 33 82
Finland 1994 57 43 70
Sweden 1994 53 47 83
Czech Republic 2003 77 23 55
Estonia 2003 67 33 63
Hungary 2003 84 16 46
Latvia 2003 68 32 73
Lithuania 2003 91 9 63
Malta 2003 54 46 91
Poland 2003 76 22 59
Slovakia 2003 93 7 52
Slovenia 2003 90 10 60
Single European Act
Denmark 1986 56 44 75
Ireland 1987 70 30 44
Treaty on European Union
Denmark 1992 48 52 43
Denmark 1993 57 43 86
France 1992 51 49 70
Ireland 1992 69 31 57
Treaty of Amsterdam
Denmark 1998 55 45 76
Ireland 1998 62 38 56
Treaty of Nice
Ireland 2001 46 54 35
Ireland 2002 63 37 49
Euro
Denmark 2000 47 53 88
Sweden 2003 43 57 83
Draft Constitution
Spain 2005 77 23 42
France 2005 45 55 69
Netherlands 2005 38 62 62
Luxembourg 2005 57 43 90
Description of Referendum
The Concise Publication of the European Union describes referendum in the following terms: [1] Referendums are widely used in Europe to ratify constitutional change. Ratification by referendum has been sought for various European Treaties (with varying degrees of success) by Denmark, France, Ireland and Switzerland; and Sweden, Norway, Finland and Austria held votes in 1994 to determine whether to enter the Eu (see more in this European publication). In 1982 Greenland voted to leave the Community. The British referendum of June 1975 - the first national plebiscite in the country's history - was intended to terminate uncertainty over the UK's continuing membership of the Community. At the time the concept was thought alien to the spirit of parliamentary democracy. As the years went by, however, parliamentary opposition began to weaken as it became apparent that the EUraised fundamental issues that cut across party lines. In 1997 both the UK's main parties agreed to call a referendum if the government of the day decided to apply to join the single currency.
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Based on the book "A Concise Publication of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein", by Rodney Leach (Profile Books; London)
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