Sentences with phrase «holding a referendum if»

Miliband has so far resisted pressure from members of his party to commit to holding a referendum if he becomes prime minister next year.

Prime Minister David Cameron has been setting out a promise to hold a referendum if the Conservatives win the next election in a long - awaited speech on the EU.

Speaking to James Naughtie on the Today programme, he also backed holding a referendum if further powers were transferred to Brussels in the future.

* HB 4237 would allow districts to hold a referendum if the charter commission overturned the decision of a local school board.

Not exact matches

If populism remains a force to be reckoned with across Europe, then member states holding referendums of their own can not be ruled out, especially with issues like immigration and unemployment only growing in salience.

The failure of far - right populist Gert Wilders to win the recent Dutch election was a boost for the EU but a threat awaits in the prospect of French President Marine le Pen, a far - right anti-immigration candidate who has promised to hold a referendum on France's EU membership if elected, the same promise Cameron made.

In the runup to the 2015 UK general election, former Prime Minister David Cameron promised to hold a nationwide referendum on Britain's membership of the EU if he was elected for a second time.

PARIS (AP)-- The leader of France's far - right National Front set the tone for her campaign for the French presidency Saturday, calling to fight an Islamist «offensive» and promising to hold a nationwide referendum on European Union membership if she is...

There, they made clear that if any referendum were held, it would determine whether Greece stayed in the eurozone, and said Athens wouldn't get its $ 11 billion (euro8 billion) installment of last year's $ 152 billion (euro110 billion) bailout until the dust had settled.

After deciding not to hold the community center referendum, the Park District Board also discarded the idea of asking the voters if they would be willing to foot the bill for about $ 150,000 in maintenance and repairs at the parks.

Talks between park commissioners and the Joliet - based medical center began last month, and if all the legal and financial details can be arranged, the park board will likely vote at a special meeting Tuesday to partner with Provena St. Joseph to build a recreation center and hold a referendum in November.

If elected, the SNP plans to hold a referendum on independence in 2010, at a cost of # 7 million.

Labour would be unlikely to hold an in / out referendum on membership of the European Union, if Ed Miliband becomes prime minister, the Labour leader admits.

MPs Gisela Stuart and Liam Byrne are expected to seek Labour's candidacy if the city votes to adopt the directly - elected mayor model in a referendum held alongside local elections on May 3rd.

Any attempt to regulate the holding of independence referendums after 2014 would, if the Sewel Convention were adhered to, require the support of both the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments.

Farage claimed the Freedom Party would hold a referendum on whether to stay in the EU if it won.

EU leaders were heavily criticised for being undemocratic when only Ireland held a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and almost certainly will face similar criticism if they avoid a referendum on a new treaty.

In summary, my proposal is that following a «no» vote the Scotland Act be amended to empower the Scottish Parliament to hold a binding referendum on independence, but only if 30 years have elapsed since the last referendum or if two - thirds of all MSPs vote for such a referendum.

Cameron promised in his Bloomberg speech in Europe to hold an in - out referendum on Britain's future in the EU during the next parliament if the Conservatives win the next general election.

The Scottish Parliament should be given the power to call a referendum at anytime by super-majority: a referendum would be held if (say) two - thirds of MSPs eligible to vote supported it.

If a new treaty is signed before the French (parliamentary) elections in June, and public opinion does not grow more favourable to the EU, then pressure to hold a referendum will be high.

The Tories have nevertheless been highly critical of Mr Brown's refusal to hold a referendum, although have been less certain in clarifying what they would do with the treaty if it was approved by parliament but not the public.

Similarly, if a treaty is signed between November 2012 and the Austrian election due in September 2013, Austria is also likely to hold a referendum.

The Government also committed to providing in the Oireachtas a response to each recommendation of the Convention within four months and, if it accepted the recommendation, was required to indicate the time frame envisaged for the holding of any related referendum.

and in addition, if a significant portion (even a small minority) of the parliament asks for referendum, they can ask a certain number of citizens to sign the referendum, and if this certain number of signatures is reached, a referendum is held.

Nicola Sturgeon today committed to hold a second independence referendum, before Britain leaves the EU, if the government continues to head towards a hard Brexit.

Education secretary Michael Gove and defence secretary Philip Hammond generated headlines of their own yesterday by revealing they would vote to leave the European Union if a referendum were held now.

Promising to ensure such a situation would never arise again, Cameron said if elected, he would change the law so that a referendum must be held before any further powers are passed to the European Union.

If the referendum is held in October 2014, and Scotland votes for independence, that presents a dilemma for the UK government and Westminster parliament.

It's also worth noting that «No referendum and keep FPTP» is not the only alternative to «Hold a referendum and change to AV» - even if the expense were not already a sunk cost.

The Scottish National Party's commitment had always been to hold a referendum on independence if they were elected to the Scottish Parliament.

If we had the new constitution, actually the nation could stop a dangerous bill like this [article 65 gives the right for 10 % of the population to hold a binding national referendum on a law passed by the parliament].

Colleagues who are reconciled to a referendum being held should bear that in mind if they are tempted to vote for my hon. Friend's amendment.»

Cameron's previous U-turn came in November 2009, while in opposition, two years after he wrote an article for the Sun, saying: «Today, I will give this cast - iron guarantee: If I become PM a Conservative government will hold a referendum on any EU treaty that emerges from these negotiations.

«On the issue of the United Kingdom if they want to hold a referendum I will campaign to keep our United Kingdom together with every single fibre that I have,» he said.

«If for any reason a referendum can not be held for the moment, we insist the Igbo both in the Southeast and in other parts of Nigeria including all elected and other office holders be made to discard totally any idea of Biafra and to show practical actions to prove that they believe in one Nigeria.

He said: «We would hold an in - out referendum if there was a further transfer of powers - a prospect we believe is possible, but unlikely in the next Parliament.

If approved, it will initially require public hearings in the proposed referendum to be held Dec. 6 in Riverside and Dec. 20 in Hauppauge.

To quote his very words, which he wrote in the Sun newspaper in September 2007: «Today, I will give this cast - iron guarantee: if I become PM a Conservative government will hold a referendum on any EU treaty that emerges from these negotiations.»

Cuomo's proposal requiring counties to hold a referendum on cost - saving measures would, if passed, open the door to a vote on the Consensus plan.

Marc Brunel - Walker (SE): If we do not succeed forcing a referendum in the Commons; if we fail to win in the Lords; if all other EU member states ratify the Treaty; and if an election is held later in this Parliament after the Lisbon Treaty has come into force we would be faced with the unacceptable situation of further integration having taken place without people being properly consulteIf we do not succeed forcing a referendum in the Commons; if we fail to win in the Lords; if all other EU member states ratify the Treaty; and if an election is held later in this Parliament after the Lisbon Treaty has come into force we would be faced with the unacceptable situation of further integration having taken place without people being properly consulteif we fail to win in the Lords; if all other EU member states ratify the Treaty; and if an election is held later in this Parliament after the Lisbon Treaty has come into force we would be faced with the unacceptable situation of further integration having taken place without people being properly consulteif all other EU member states ratify the Treaty; and if an election is held later in this Parliament after the Lisbon Treaty has come into force we would be faced with the unacceptable situation of further integration having taken place without people being properly consulteif an election is held later in this Parliament after the Lisbon Treaty has come into force we would be faced with the unacceptable situation of further integration having taken place without people being properly consulted.

He claimed the chances were better than they had ever been for reform, but admitted that if parliament backed a referendum, it might not be possible to stage one in time for the government to meet its timetable of holding the first Lords elections at the 2015 general election.

The only way serious reform in Europe can be achieved is if it backed up by a pledge to hold an in / out EU referendum.

Cameron, under pressure from Ukip and Tory Eurosceptics, has promised that if the Tories win the next election he will hold a referendum by the end of 2017 after having renegotiated the terms of UK membership, including rules on freedom of movement.

If Gordon Brown refuses to hold a referendum and the constitution is approved we should pledge to still hold that referendum and to be bound by the result.

In a round of morning broadcasts the deputy prime minister said he stood by a law, introduced by the coalition, to hold an EU referendum if UK sovereignty is passed to the EU.

Labour leader's pledge to hold referendum only if sovereignty is ceded to EU will encourage investment, say business groups

The situation to - and - fros when you look at how the British people would vote if a referendum on membership were held today, but never with a significant majority voting to leave.

SNP leader Alex Salmond has promised to hold a referendum on independence if his party wins May's Holyrood elections, and has accused Labour and the Tories of «Natbashing» simply to win votes.

Catalonia wants to held a referendum like Scotland to see if they should become independent of Spain or not.