Sentences with phrase «of holding a referendum»

However, this policy of holding a referendum on AV appears to be designed to fail, as I pointed out in my blog four months ago when Gordon Brown first suggested it.

And while the county Legislature torpedoed Consensus» recommendation of holding a referendum in November, Mahoney managed to win support of local mayors, town supervisors and school district representatives for her County - Wide Shared Service Plan earlier this year.

He told Sky News earlier this year that he would be in favour of holding a referendum with the option of restricting womens» rights.

The comptroller echoed Mahoney in calling for the referendum to take place, while Miner questioned the legitimacy of holding a referendum while voters are unsure of what they are voting for.

Baron objected to his description of the amendment and explained he supported Cameron in his «idea» of holding a referendum in 2017.

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.

Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).

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.

The leader of the Front National has pledged to hold a referendum on leaving the European Union and the single currency within six months of becoming president.

Now he is aiming to legitimize his position, and Turkey will hold a referendum in the spring regarding an expansion of presidential powers.

The move is believed to be part of joint drills planned by the Iranian and the Iraqi government armed forces in retaliation for an independence referendum held a week ago by Iraq's Kurds.

A referendum, which would be held a year from now and requires the support of 50 % of registered voters to enact a law, would be unlikely to overturn the HST.

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.

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.

Leaders of both the Conservative and Labour parties, which don't normally agree on much, have ruled out the possibility of holding a «second referendum».

Investors are concerned about the strong showing in the French presidential race of far - right candidate Marine Le Pen, who has promised to take France out of the euro zone and to hold a referendum on European Union membership.

This referendum was called by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron because of a promise made in his election campaign to renegotiate terms with the EU and then hold a referendum, designed to win over voters he feared would defect to UKIP.

Catalonian lawmakers have officially agreed to hold an independence referendum that could separate the region, which includes Barcelona, from the rest of Spain.

Trump's victory could temporarily derail stronger growth, higher rates narrative by raising expectations of a) protectionism, b) the Italian referendum following Brexit and US election as repudiation of elites and c) the Fed keeping rates on hold in December.

The day after the referendum, gold jumped nearly 5 percent and since then has held above $ 1,300 an ounce, helping to achieve its best first half of the year since 1974.

The option to hold a referendum is described in article 44 of Greece's constitution, which reads as follows:

By deciding to hold a referendum, «Tsipras exploits the ultimate weapon of democracy as a tactical ploy, undermining its political essence,» he said in a Twitter post.

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.

JERUSALEM (AP)-- A group of former Israeli politicians, security officials, artists and social activists on Monday urged the government to hold a national referendum on the future of the Palestinian territories.

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.

It was imposed on Greece by Ms. Merkel and other pro-bank leaders that Greece not hold the referendum that Pasok Prime Minister Papandreou had proposed on the bailout of French and German banks at Greek expense.

Aside from oil pipelines, the NDP - Green agreement commits to holding a referendum on proportional representation in fall 2018 (though it is not clear what form of proportional representation will be proposed) and reforming BC's wild - west election finance laws (banning corporate and union donations, placing limits on individual donations, and limiting party loans to banks and financial institutions).

He also takes a look at the implications of the political situation in the United Kingdom where the government is facing calls to hold a second Scottish referendum as it prepares to fire the starting pistol on the process of leaving the European Union.

In the context of public health care funding, the Party promises to eliminate health care premiums and ambulance charges; increase funding for home care and other out - of - hospital care services; restore funding for chiropractic and physiotherapy services; fully fund and implement a mental health strategy; and to hold a referendum to prioritize health care spending.

There are still weeks of argument, debate and trading until the referendum is held, but amid all the clamor, I think the important thing to note is that Europe needs the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom needs Europe.

Given the volatility that markets experienced after Brexit, therefore, investors were only too willing to seek the relative safety of gold, which resulted in holdings of gold - backed ETFs spiking by USD 4.3 billion in the 24 hours following the result of the referendum and represented the biggest one - day rise in four years.

On 23 June 2016 a referendum was held in which a narrow majority of voters in the United Kingdom (nearly 52 %) voted in favour of leaving the European Union, the so - called «Brexit».

A referendum will be held on the issue before the end of 2017.

But he was willing to hold — insisted on holding, for plausible reasons — that the role of a referendum proponent does not confer standing to represent the constitutionality of state law in federal court.

The Irish Government has formally backed proposals to hold a referendum on the state's constitutional amendment on abortion by the end of May.

Wine in supermarkets bill advancing in House The House committee that killed last year's version of a bill to allow wine sales in Tennessee grocery stores on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of giving cities the ability to hold referendums on the proposal...

Before opening her own firm, Bailey - Chapman held a number of public affairs and advocacy leadership positions including vice president of public affairs for Penn National Gaming, the country's second largest gaming company, where she oversaw a multi-state government affairs team and managed several local and statewide referenda campaign efforts.

Trustee John Mazzorana noted that the referendum in which voters turned down a tax increase to finance a recreation center was held in the spring of 1996, but that voters later that year approved a tax hike to buy Yunker Farm.

The first referendum to be approved was held in 1936, in the middle of the Great Depression.

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.

The Park Board voted last week to hold a referendum asking voters to approve a $ 6 million bond issue to pay the district's share of a building to be constructed in partnership with Joliet - based Provena St. Joseph Medical Center.

In early June, the board voted 4 - 1 to hold a referendum on a proposal to restructure the district's corporate fund to spend $ 11 million on the construction of a new recreation center, a senior center, an aquatic center and ongoing park development.

The Village held an unsuccessful referendum for the purchase of the Railroad Parks for parks and parking in 1959.

The district «s suit is against the Du Page County Board of Elections, which ruled that park districts do not have the authority to hold advisory referendums.

In 2003 residents in the double - taxed area held a non-binding referendum in which 98 percent of those casting votes favored de-annexation.

Years later, after their 2004 unsuccessful referendum, the Library District felt one of the reasons for their defeat was that they didn't hold title to a driveway (owned by the Park District) which cut the Library District's property into two halves.

Once the Library District moved forward by publicly releasing their development plans and holding informational meetings on a possible referendum, the Park District remained silent on the issue to avoid accusations of tampering with their referendum.

Village trustees suggested Monday night that a referendum be held to see whether the public would approve of spending village tax revenue on a project that benefits mostly the Park District and local businesses that participate in the Taste and Touch of Palatine.