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	Referendum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This may be the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy.
		The 1980 Quebec referendum and 1995 Quebec referendum on the secession of Québec are notable cases.
		Referendums are rare and only once has a referendum proposal been put to the entire electorate of the UK; this was a referendum in 1975 on membership of the European Economic Community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Referendum (2569 words)

	Talk:United Kingdom referendum on the European Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the banana 'myth', EU regulation 2257/94 said banannas should be free from abnormal curvature Banannas.
		Referendum date will not be announced for a while yet, Blair won't be pushed into fixing a date because of the need for parliamentary scrutiny of indeterminate length.
		This is a slight point of contention because some UK citizens living elsewhere in the EU - who would arguably be among the groups most affected by the adoption or otherwise of the constitution - may not therefore get a vote if they're no longer registered to vote in the UK.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:UK_referendum_on_EU_constitution (2680 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / BBC: UK Referendum on EU Constitution Likely (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		British voters are likely to be given the opportunity to vote in a referendum on the planned European Union constitution, a move that would mark a major U-turn by the government, according to media reports Sunday.
		The EU constitution, yet to be finalized, is aimed at ensuring the smooth running of the bloc after it expands from 15 to 25 members in May. Once agreed, it has to be approved unanimously by the 15 existing members and 10 newcomers.
		EU leaders failed at a summit in December to approve a constitution when negotiations collapsed in a row over member states' voting powers, but they will try to agree by the end of June.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/04/18/bbc_uk_referendum_on_eu_constitution_likely (519 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| EU referendum question unveiled
		The question to be asked in the referendum on the EU Constitution has been unveiled by the government.
		But he accused the government of trying to confuse the issue by putting the EU referendum question in the same bill as the ratification of the constitution, when they should be treated as "two separate issues".
		Mr Blair signed the constitution at a ceremony in Rome in November, but had already made it clear the issue would be put to voters in a referendum.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4206955.stm (592 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| EU referendum vote backed by MPs
		The constitution, designed to streamline EU decision making, was signed last October but has to be ratified by all EU states, with some holding referendums.
		Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman Sir Menzies Campbell said the constitution was "long overdue and defines the powers and responsibilities of the EU and of national parliaments".
		The EU's benefits in terms of securing peace, jobs and travel should not be allowed to "go by default", he argued.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/uk_politics/4248471.stm (554 words)

	UK Referendum on EU constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In April 2004, Tony Blair, the British prime minister, announced that the UK government would hold a referendum on the proposed new EU constitution.
		Mr Blair had always rejected holding a referendum on the treaty, the text of which is due to be agreed by mid-June 2004 following the accession of 10 new EU members.
		The reason is that the constitution does not fundamentally change the relationship between the UK and the EU." He was also reported in a newspaper interview at the time to have declared that he would say no to a referendum "under any circumstances".
	theinternetforum.co.uk /eurodebate/referendum1.php?vo=30 (137 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Blair faces threat to £2bn EU rebate
		Neil Kinnock and Chris Patten, Britain's commissioners, have written to the EU commission president, Romano Prodi, saying the proposal is "manifestly unfair" and that it would be unrealistic to expect Mr Blair to win a UK referendum on the EU constitution if the rebate were axed.
		EU regional and structural funds now go largely to the 10 countries which joined the EU in May, narrowing the net contributions gap between Britain and other veteran members.
		According to the commission, if there were no change, the UK would pay 0.25 % of its GDP to the EU between 2007 and 2013, compared with 0.56% for the Netherlands, 0.54% for Germany, 0.41% for Italy and 0.37% for France.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /eu/story/0,9061,1256372,00.html (572 words)

	European No Campaign: WELCOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		June 2: Core Europe idea resurfaces - The EU is struggling to produce a unified response to the Dutch rejection of the treaty.
		May 24: Warsaw heads for autumn referendum - The Polish government is keen to hold a referendum on the EU constitution this autumn.
		UK business says NO 350 British businesspeople think that the EU Constitution is bad for them.
	www.europeannocampaign.com (1195 words)

	TEAM
		The Referendum Group is an association of EU Critical MEPs from various political groups in the European Parliament, coordinated by MEPs Daniel Hannan, UK (EPP-ED), Esko Seppanen, Finland (GUE), and Jens-Peter Bonde, Denmark (ID).
		The proposed EU Constitution grants to the EU significant characteristics of a state, such as flag, anthem, army, currency, legal precedence and personality, a motto and a national day, all combined with a foreign policy monopoly and the right to further its powers without consent of the national parliaments.
		This is a 14-point critical summary of the proposed EU Constitution which is contained in the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe, signed in October 2004.
	www.teameurope.info /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=63 (1740 words)

	BBC World Service \| Learning English \| News English - Words in the News
		The EU member states are working towards finishing the constitution by June and until now the British government has been resisting calls for a referendum.
		Until now, ministers have been arguing that the constitution does not make the fundamental changes which would warrant a referendum and that it could simply be ratified by parliament.
		This has been the procedure in the past with major EU treaties, such as the single European act in 1987 and the Maastricht Treaty in 1992.
	www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/040419_witn.shtml (331 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Blair to make EU poll statement
		And he claimed that if Britain were signed up to the EU constitution, it could have been the European president and not the prime minister that would have been in Washington for talks last week.
		The constitution has been drafted by a special European Convention but EU leaders have not yet agreed the final document.
		The Tories planned to make the referendum a central issue of their campaign for the European elections on 10 June but argue there are many other issues at stake in those polls.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3637993.stm (669 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| What the EU constitution says
		The constitution brings together for the first time the many treaties and agreements on which the EU is based.
		Critics say that the EU can act in so many areas that this clause does not mean much but supporters say it will act as a brake and is an important constitutional principle.
		The EU already has rights to legislate over external trade and customs policy, the internal market, the monetary policy of countries in the eurozone, agriculture and fisheries and many areas of domestic law including the environment and health and safety at work.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/2950276.stm (1457 words)

	A Green point of view on the EU constitution : British Greens say No (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		However, we do not believe the constitution proposed by the EU summit in June 2004 is good enough: "As it stands, it would not be a step forward to a Green Europe, but an increased obstacle to that".
		A "treaty establishing a constitution for Europe" has been proposed by the EU summit at the end of June 2004 for ratification by the member countries, and that there will be a referendum in the UK and many of the other countries.
		The anti constitution position has been dominated by nationalistic, xenophobic and right wing perspectives and values (as exemplified by the BNP, UKIP and the Tories) which are fundamentally at odds with progressive Green politics, and which The Green Party must demonstrate significant political distance from when addressing the EU constitution question.
	www.eugreens.net /tiki-read_article.php?articleId=3 (2424 words)

	EU Referendum
		Firmly on the fence is the Italian government, with deputy prime minister Gianfranco Fini saying that he expects the constitution to be ratified by the parliament, although he has also stated that, if a referendum is decided upon, he "won't oppose it".
		The Netherlands, however, may beat Portugal to the polls, planning its referendum as early as December this year, in the closing month of its presidency of the EU.
		The Czech Republic and Poland are still probable candidates for referendums, although no firm plans have been announced and the UK still seems to be the back runner, with the poll most likely set for the Spring of 2006.
	eureferendum.blogspot.com /2004/06/eu-referendum-round-up.html (536 words)

	UK prepares to hold referendum on EU Constitution
		An announcement to hold a referendum on the EU Constitution is expected by Tony Blair later this week.
		The plebiscite would focus on the specific issue of whether the UK should adopt the new EU Constitution and not on the broader issue of whether the UK should remain in the EU, said the Financial Times.
		The EU Constitution is expected to get its go-ahead from EU leaders during their next summit meeting in June.
	www.euractiv.com /Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-114865-16&type=News (301 words)

	European Report: EU CONSTITUTION: UK UNVEILS REFERENDUM QUESTION, DUTCH AGREE POLL.(Brief Article)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		According to opinion polls, the UK is one of the countries where support for the constitution is lowest.
		At a vote in the European Parliament on the constitution in January, the UK had one of the highest proportions of its MEPs opposed to the document, 40 of a total of 78.
		Accordingly, the campaign to convince UK citizens to support the constitution is expected to focus on the...
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:127923015&refid=ink_tptd_np (201 words)

	UK Independence Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		UK referendum on EU Constitution set for March 2006
		A UK referendum on the EU Constitution is to be held in March 2006 - shortly after the UK ends its turn for the Presidency of the European Union in December 2005, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
		The European Constitution will be signed in Rome on Friday (29 October) and submitted to referendum in close to half of the EU member states.
	www.ukip.org /abc_news/gen12.php?t=1&id=1058 (157 words)

	EU Referendum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In its six-monthly economic forecast, the EU Commission is cutting its growth estimates for the eurozone.
		The EU has already made it clear that it is not going to intervene in matters it considers to be bilateral, that is relationship with its immediate neighbours.
		Then, to the sound of wailing violins, he tells us that the EU "is a fragile and beleaguered creation that could easily fall to earth like Tom" (or Wile E. Coyote), and is only as strong as the collective political commitment of its member states and citizens which is now sharply weakening.
	eureferendum.blogspot.com (11704 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Blair's constitution balancing act
		By telling MPs that plans for a UK referendum to ratify the constitution have been shelved, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has only confirming what many believed was patently obvious ever since the French and Dutch voted "No".
		After all, prime minister Tony Blair previously announced there would definitely be a referendum in the UK, unless there was no constitution to vote on.
		Some EU leaders, notably French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, are trying the old Monty Python line that this parrot is not dead but "just resting" and can be revived.
	www40.thny.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4612793.stm (569 words)

	Turks.US Daily News - UK Shelves Referendum on EU Constitution Daily News
		Britain will not go to a referendum over the European Union (EU) Constitution that was rejected in both France and The Netherlands.
		British Prime Ministry Spokesperson said the referendum outcome in these countries should be taken up at the EU Council meeting that is planned for end of June.
		The UK was planning to hold a referendum early in 2006 for the EU constitution.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20050607001436304 (201 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Have Your Say \| Do you welcome EU referendum?
		The referendum will be the first major gauge of public opinion on the EU since the 1975 referendum on whether Britain should stay in the Common Market.
		This is a clever move, primarily because Mr Blair knows that the EU Constitution won't be agreed by the British government, this especially likely due to Spain's position to support the Franco-German alliance.
		As this is a referendum, an independent body should produce a document detailing the main provisions of the constitution and their implications.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/3636827.stm (2748 words)

	Indymedia UK - National Referendum on EU Constitution
		Indymedia UK - National Referendum on EU Constitution
		EU constitution will further erode our rights and turn us all into serfs for Big Business.
		The results will be published in the Daily Mail and on femail.co.uk the following week and delivered to Tony Blair before the next EU summit in Thessaloniki.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2003/06/72195.html (172 words)

	EU Constitution
		Leader: There is no certainty that next Sunday's referendum on the EU constitution will produce a non in France - despite six consecutive polls pointing to exactly that outcome.
		So is the perception that the constitution, authored by another elderly French politician, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, is a triumph for Anglo-Saxon liberal economics and a fatal blow to the European "social model" - even though the principles it includes were laid down in the treaty of Rome.
		And with the UK no campaign talking of renegotiating the treaty (while hinting at withdrawal), and a nasty row looming over the budget rebate won by Margaret Thatcher, the prospect of winning is bleak.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/5-22-2005-70341.asp (712 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Cabinet calls for referendum on EU constitution
		No 10 was forced to restate its opposition to a referendum after the Times - which it often uses to float ideas or announce new policies - reported that Mr Blair was seriously considering putting the issue to the people.
		The prime minister has repeatedly argued that a referendum is not needed because the constitution, expected to be agreed in June, will not fundamentally change the way the UK is governed.
		Four options are believed to be being mooted: a straightforward referendum; a wider question on whether Britain should remain a full EU member; making approval of the constitution part of the next manifesto; or a manifesto promise that Labour would hold a referendum on EU membership if re-elected.
	www.guardian.co.uk /guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1192965,00.html (435 words)

	Should Britain hold a referendum on the EU constitution? by Steven Everts and Charles Grant
		European leaders are busy drawing up a constitution which will set out what tasks the EU should and should not perform; clarify who is responsible for what; and specify how the EU takes decisions.
		As the formal basis for the new European Union of 25 countries, the constitution is rightly seen as a historical document.
		And if successful, a referendum could be cathartic, killing off, once and for all, the canard that the EU is somehow imposed on people against their will.
	www.cer.org.uk /articles/33_everts_grant.html (1106 words)

	EU Referendum
		According to AFP, an information technology firm based in Barbados has secured a victory in a legal battle in Germany regarding the rights to the name Galileo, which the EU has adopted.
		However, legal experts said it was unlikely that the EU would change the name of such a high profile project such as the Galileo project.
		Now they expect to be able to drop a bung – of our money – to the injured company in the hope that they can keep the title for their star project.
	eureferendum.blogspot.com /2005/01/they-dont-even-own-name.html (260 words)

	Scotsman.com News - UK - Ministers move to scrap referendum on EU constitution
		THE government yesterday moved to abandon Britain's referendum on the European constitution, even as EU leaders manoeuvred to ensure parts of the treaty are implemented.
		Despite the thinly-veiled warnings to Britain, government insiders made clear that in the light of the double defeat, a UK referendum on the treaty would be impossible to win.
		Several of the treaty's measures are likely to proceed regardless of the constitution's fate: EU officials are still pressing ahead with plans for a common defence policy and an EU diplomatic corps.
	news.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=607162005 (903 words)

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