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Originally Posted by gba93
... and so we enter into the realms of the EU solution to all problematic referendums; if you don't get the answer you want keep going until you do get it and then, and only then, do you stop ~ that's EU democracy for you.
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Do you have examples of this? I do see the examples of Ireland and Denmark being used by others but the got the opt outs/changes they wanted such as;
Denmark Maastricht Treaty - Economic and Monetary Union, Union Citizenship, Justice and Home Affairs, and Common Defence
Ireland Treaty of Nice - exclusion of common defence
Ireland Lisbon Treaty - numbers of Commissioners, common defence and abortion rights
So in each case where a referendum was run again, the situation was different. There have been other referendums where a 'no' has stopped the process altogether (see 2005 European Constitution referendums in France and Netherlands)
However, it possible I have missed something...