Referendums Quotes

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Should National Security Issues be decided by a Local Referendum?

Referendums have always posed a threat when it comes to EU policy, because EU policy is complicated. They're an opportunity for those from all political camps who like to oversimplify things.

Referendums are a democratic instrument, but so are decisions reached in a parliamentary democracy. I advise extreme caution when it comes to referendums. In Germany too.

I think referendums are fantastic as long as the question is phrased in a way which is not meant to deliberately confuse or confound people.

My preoccupation has been from the very beginning that I believe that the "Brexit" referendum result is the most disastrous peacetime result that we've seen in Britain.

The Government have made it clear that the constitutional treaty will be ratified in the UK only after a referendum.

I don't understand why Italians should be bound to Brussels's choices without being able to express themselves through a referendum.

There were lots of programs over the course of the two referendums and the general tenor of them was that if Quebec were to separate, then Canada would disintegrate.

There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views.

No, a euro referendum will not be part of a government programme if we get the chance to form one.

The recession is everywhere. We need to be heard. Wouldn't it be great if there could be more referendums so we could have regular voting on specific points?

Boris [Johnson] and Dave [Cameron] gnawed each other's testicles [during the Tory civil war which blighted the EU referendum].

I find it surprising, however, that many German politicians generally oppose referendums, but then when it's an EU matter, they immediately scream for a plebiscite.

Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter.