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The Danish government had announced it would hold a referendum on 27 September 2005 in order decide whether it should ratify the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. However, the prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has indicated that the referendum will be canceled after the constitution was voted down in France and the Netherlands. A referendum might be held at some future date depending on what direction the constitution takes over the next year. The government and various interest groups had already spent a lot of money on the campaign. It is unclear how much of the money set aside to run the referendum can be recouped. The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ...
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The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty signed in 2004 and currently awaiting ratification, intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ...
A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
Ratification is the process of adopting an international treaty, or a constitution or other nationally binding document (such as an amendment to a constitution) by the agreement of multiple subnational entities. ...
The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty signed in 2004 and currently awaiting ratification, intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ...
Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 26 January 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Denmark. ...
A November 2004 opinion poll indicated that 49% of Danes were expected to vote in favour of the Constitution, with 26% opposing. [1] However, some feel that the domino effect of the successful "no" votes in France and the Netherlands may have recently reduced the strength of the "yes" side in Denmark. Indeed, polls in June 2005 indicated a likely defeat for the constitution. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Deaths in November • 30 Pierre Berton • 29 John Drew Barrymore • 26 Bill Alley • 24 Arthur Hailey • 23 Rafael Eitan • 18 Bobby Frank Cherry • 16 John Morgan • 13...
The domino effect is the idea that some change, small in itself, will cause a similar change nearby, which then will cause another similar change, and so on in linear sequence, by analogy to a falling row of dominoes standing on end. ...
Positions of political parties
Most political parties in the Danish Parliament, the Folketinget, support the European constitution with the exception of the Danish People's Party and the Red-Green Alliance. These two parties together hold 30 seats out of 179 in the Danish Parliament. The Folketing, or Folketinget, is the name of the national parliament of Denmark. ...
The Danish Peoples Party (Danish: Dansk Folkeparti) is a nationalistic political party in Denmark. ...
In democratic politics, a Red-Green alliance is an alliance of socialist (or social democratic) and decentralist-ecologist (or, to choose a shorter word, green) parties. ...
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