Sentences with phrase «vote referendum on»

Mr Cameron clearly believes the Greek public should consider the vote a referendum on eurozone membership.

Though Labour remained officially neutral, he in a personal capacity supported the ultimately unsuccessful «Yes to AV» campaign in the Alternative Vote referendum on 5 May 2011, saying that it would benefit Britain's «progressive majority».

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The IBEX was recovering on Monday — up 0.5 percent by the close — after being under pressure last week following the referendum vote.

According to Catalonian authorities, 90 percent of people voted in favor of independence on Sunday, but the national government said the referendum was illegal.

Mike Garland, executive director of corporate governance for New York City Comptroller John Liu's office, which has a $ 550 million investment in JPMorgan Chase, said «it was a disservice to shareholders that the vote became a referendum on Jamie Dimon.

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referenduOn June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referenduon in the legislature or put to a referendum.

Ahead of the referendum, analysts across Wall Street circulated research on what they thought would happen in the event of either a «Remain» or «Leave» vote.

The odds of Britain voting to leave the European Union in a June referendum narrowed on Tuesday as attacks in Brussels were seen boosting the Out campaign.

Last year, the governing coalition broke its campaign promise to hold a referendum on Iceland joining the European Union, prompting thousands of Icelanders to protest and sign petitions demanding a parliamentary vote.

Leader of the UKIP and Vote Leave campaign Nigel Farage arrives to speak to the assembled media at College Green, Westminster following the results of the EU referendum on June 24, 2016 in London.

It is among at least 4,000 signatories of the National Agreement on the Right to Decide and the Referendum Agreement, a group comprising of political parties and civil society organisations in favour of the independence vote.

Most of the region voiced support for the July 16 referendum convened by the opposition against the assembly, and the EU and the US have suggested they could level sanctions on the Maduro government should the July 30 vote go ahead.

The country voted against joining the euro zone in a referendum in 2000 and last December opted to retain its exemption from EU rules on issues like asylum and border control.

Denmark, the Czech Republic and Poland could face their own referendums on EU membership if the U.K. votes to leave, experts believe.

Angel Gurria, the secretary - general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), warned on Wednesday of the risk of other EU countries following the U.K.'s lead in holding a referendum and voting to leave.

May formally notified the EU on March 29 of Britain's intention to end its 44 - year - old membership, following the shock referendum vote for Brexit last June.

If you need divine guidance on which way to vote in the forthcoming U.K. referendum on European Union (EU) membership, the Church of England has released a prayer to help that could help you decide.

More broadly, concerns about trade and its impact on workers figured large in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and in Britain's referendum vote to leave the European Union, a free - trade bloc.

The Church has published a «Prayer for the EU referendum campaign» on its website that can be used by churches and individuals ahead of the vote on June 23, the church said.

While fundamentally the consolidation of power could cut Turkey's structural growth potential, cyclically the destructive focus on short - term votes to win the referendum should give way to a more pragmatic focus on returning to growth,» the bank said.

«There are a number of material uncertainties arising from the Scottish referendum vote which could have a bearing on the bank's credit ratings and the fiscal, monetary, legal and regulatory landscape to which it is subject,» RBS said in a statement.

But if the vote happens, the best case would be the referendum campaign leads to some soul searching on both sides.

Almost immediately after the vote, Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont signed into local law a bill to call the referendum on October 1, 2017, according to the BBC.

GLASGOW, Scotland — The British political establishment descended on Scotland Wednesday to plead for a united United Kingdom, after polls suggested the once - fanciful notion of Scots voting to break from Britain has become a real possibility in next week's referendum.

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«I jumped more than I was pushed,» said Mr Varoufakis, describing his resignation in the immediate aftermath of the «no» vote in the July 6 referendum on bailout terms similar to those accepted on Monday.

There is also a possible 75 % tax imposed on «extraordinary gains», but this may be struck down by referendum vote in early 2018.

She said the vote would be a referendum on legacy directors at Wynn, following the allegations of sexual harassment that led to the resignation of her ex-husband Steve Wynn as CEO.

«The President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national matters following a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet.»

Tsipras is campaigning for a no vote in the referendum on Sunday, which is officially on whether to accept a tough earlier bailout offer, to impress on EU negotiators that spiralling poverty and a collapse in everyday business activity across Greece has meant further austerity should be ruled out of any new rescue package.

With days to go before Sunday's knife - edge referendum that the country's creditors have cast as a vote on whether it wants to keep the euro, the IMF revealed a deep split with Europe as it warned that Greece's debts were «unsustainable».

The documents were presumably provided by Wylie (pictured below), who has also handed email and other documentary evidence to the DCMS committee investigating online disinformation in political campaigning, as well as to the UK's data watchdog and Electoral Commission — both of which are also probing digital political campaigning issues (including around the UK's 2016 Brexit referendum vote, which Wylie alleges CA also worked on).

Facebook has said it will conduct a wider investigation into whether there was Russian meddling on its platform relating to the 2016 Brexit referendum vote in the UK.

[53] Recent examples illustrate how advertising tools on social media have been exploited to spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential elections and the Brexit referendum: «Russian Twitter Trolls Meddled in the Brexit Vote.

Kurdistan voted for independence in a highly - anticipated referendum on Monday, a move that has led to a spike in tensions with Baghdad and its neighbors.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

Both houses of the Maine State Legislature voted Wednesday to overturn Gov. Paul LePage's (R.) veto of marijuana legalization legislation, putting the state on the path to finally implementing a 2016 referendum calling for legal recreational weed.

LONDON — Two of the biggest investors in Scotland on Wednesday warned of the consequences of a «Yes» vote for independence there amid opinion polls showing next week's referendum has become too close to call.

An opinion poll on Sunday showed 47 per cent of likely voters saying they will back the treaty, 35 per cent saying they will vote No, and 18 per cent as undecided how to vote in the May 31 referendum.

According to Chinese international property portal Juwai.com, the post-Brexit referendum boom in Chinese property buying inquiries still persists, even 18 months after the vote on June 23, 2016.

Greek banks are closed all week after news broke that the country will be holding a referendum vote on whether to accept the bailout measures offered by international creditors.

Scottish leader floats notion of second independence vote Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon says late 2018 could be the best time for a second referendum on independence from the United Kingdom.

The news out of the Crimea places the vote on the referendum at 95.5 percent in favor Russian control.

Spanish government moves to squelch Catalan vote Spanish authorities are moving to prevent an independence referendum from taking place in the Catalonia region on Sunday, 1 October.

This data - gathering machinery can be used to shape who we vote for, or whether we vote at all, or how we make choices on big referendums, such as whether Britain leaves the European Union.

But the phenomenon appears to be spreading: this week Venetians have been voting on breaking away from Italy, albeit in a referendum not recognized by Rome or regional authorities.

But the problem here is that Cambridge Analytica did not just employ sophisticated mass marketing, it went the whole hog and ran very specific targeted marketing campaigns for Trump while an allegedly linked Canadian company used the same technology on behalf of the Vote Leave campaign during the EU Referendum.

Britain's referendum in favor of leaving, or exiting, the European Union, the Brexit referendum, as the results are known, won with 52 percent of the vote on Thursday, June 23, stunning Europe's political establishment.

Even if you knew the news ahead of time — «Greeks Vote No on Referendum» — you still have no way of knowing how this news will be interpreted by the markets (tens of millions of people you've never met, all buying and selling for different reasons).

As the final day of campaigning continues in Scotland ahead of Thursday's referendum on independence, a Catholic MSP says a yes vote comes with too many risks.