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The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, was a referendum that took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 to ask the electorate whether the country should continue to ...
Michael Dougan is Professor of European Law and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law, at the University of Liverpool. [1] He came to the attention of social media users in the United Kingdom when a video of one of his lectures was uploaded to YouTube and other social media platforms, in which he dissected the academic validity and honesty of the legal arguments presented by those advocating the United ...
On whether to leave with no deal or remain in the EU, if the UK looks set to leave without a deal 14–15 Mar 2019 38% 52%: 10% 14% 1,756 YouGov: Online [note 1] 14 Mar 2019: The House of Commons rejects an amendment which called for a referendum on the withdrawal agreement. 12 Mar 2019
Ireland — a referendum to approve the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2008 (Ireland), 12 June 2008, 53.2% against, turnout 53.1%; In 2008, Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Lisbon. Ireland — a referendum to approve the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, 2 October 2009, 67.1% in favour, turnout 59.0%
In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum resulted in 51.9% of the votes being in favour of Brexit. Abbott voted remain while Davis voted leave. Following the referendum Abbott was appointed Shadow Home Secretary and Davis was appointed Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
The European Union (Referendum) Bill 2013–14 was a private member's bill of the Parliament of the United Kingdom designed to make provision for a referendum on membership of the European Union to be held in 2017 following renegotiation of terms between the European Union and the United Kingdom government.
On 2 February 2014, the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia held two referendums on European integration. In one, 98.4% voted in favour of joining the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, while in the second 97.2% opposed further integration with the EU. 98.9% of voters also supported the proposition that Gagauzia could declare independence if Moldova unified with Romania. [15]
Referendum posters for both the Leave and Remain votes in Pimlico, London. Campaigning in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum began unofficially on 20 February 2016 when Prime Minister David Cameron formally announced under the terms of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 that a referendum would be held on the issue of ...