Policy Paper 141
The EU and referenda: structural incompatibility?
Do the political follow up to the Greek referendum of Jyly 5 2015 reveal a seeming inconsistency between the EU and the will of its peoples? This Policy Paper by Yves Bertoncini and Nicole Koenig answers this question on the basis of an analysis of the 48 referenda organised on European issues since the 1970’s.
It is particularly important to debate the seeming inconsistency between the outcome of the referendum which Athens held on 5 July and the content of the agreement trashed out on Greece so as to check whether it would reveals a contradiction between the EU and the will of its peoples.
This is the purpose of this Policy Paper by Yves Bertoncini and Nicole Koenig, based on four complementary analyses:
1. European Construction and Referenda: a fairly harmonious conciliation
2. Getting 28 Member States To Agree: what denial of democracy(ies)?
3. The Greek referendum on 5 July 2015: a very specific case
4. The agreement won by A. Tsipras isn’t identical to the one that his people rejected
This Policy Paper underlines that there is no inconsistency between national referenda and decisions made by the European authorities, including as regards the Greek case, particularly atypical when compared with all the 55 referenda on European issues. It also leads to recall that several different national political wills have of necessity to coexist side by side in the Federation of Nation States that is the EU, and which no referendum will ever be able to change.
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
ON THE SAME THEME
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MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
Naufrage en Grèce: des élus prônent une opération européenne de sauvetage en mer
Elections en Grèce : le pays se désendette à un rythme spectaculaire
Τιερί Μπρος: Η Ευρώπη βαδίζει χωρίς σχέδιο για την ενέργεια, μόνη εξαίρεση η Ελλάδα
Le malentendu des Français avec l’Union européenne persiste
Pacte migratoire : les pays du sud sauveront-il le principe de solidarité ?
“La Ue metta direttamente i soldi nelle tasche di imprese e cittadini”
Europe’s necessary return to France
“les opinions publiques au sein des 27 pays de l’UE sont devenues plus favorables à leur adhésion”
Le Brexit va-t-il réussir ? Probablement pas
Miért szeretjük még mindig az EU-t?
European politics: leaders struggle to contain rising populism – Enrico Letta in the Financial Times
The referendum in Italy is not comparable with the Catalan crisis – Enrico Letta on RTL
“A political solution for Catalonia” – Enrico Letta on CNBC
« Catalonia is affraid to loose its identity in a Global World » – Enrico Letta in La Croix
Yves Bertoncini on TV5 Monde on the analysis of the European and international news
Yves Bertoncini in Les Inrocks : “Pour vaincre l’euroscepticisme, il faudra plus qu’une victoire contre Marine Le Pen”
Yves Bertoncini on France Info : “Les Français ne détestent pas assez l’Europe pour vouloir la quitter”
Pascal Lamy in Challenges about the french euroscpeticism
Yves Bertoncini in Le Monde: “Sortir d’une forme de schizophrénie vis-à-vis du grand marché européen”
Yves Bertoncini on France Info: Où en est vraiment l’europhophie en Allemagne, PaysBas et Hongrie ?
Yves Bertoncini in Sud Ouest: “Les Français sont francosceptiques avant d’être eurosceptiques”
Sofia Fernandes in the Huffington Post “L’Europe sera sociale ou ne sera pas”
Pascal Lamy and Gérard Bouchard in Le Monde: “Mais où sont les Européens ?”
Yves Bertoncini in La Croix: « Parler de Brexit à l’Italienne est d’une grande paresse intellectuelle »
Yves Bertoncini in FranceInfo.fr : “En cas de crise italienne, l’UE serait moins prise au dépourvu”
