关于公投 A referendum is basically a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part, normally giving a "Yes" or "No" answer to a question. Whichever side gets more than half of all votes cast is...
举行公投,就是hold a referendum。 on June 23, the United Kingdom willhold a national referendumto decide whether or not it should remain part of the European Union. 6月23日,英国将举行全国公投,以决定是否要继续留在欧盟。 各...
Britain's referendum on whether to leave the European Union
英国脱欧记Brexit(一):始于混乱的“权力的游戏” 2016年6月23日,英国全民公投(referendum)以51.89%的多数票选择脱欧,惊呆了之前绝大多数预测,包括各大政党、预测机构、媒体以及之前只进不出的欧盟。 2017年3月29日,英国正式触发《欧洲联盟基本条约》第50条,不论是否与欧盟达成协议,将于2019年3月29日正式离开欧盟...
The European Union Referendum Act 2015 was put into Parliament shortly after to facilitate the referendum. Cameron backed remaining in a reformed EU and tried to renegotiate four major points: non-eurozone nations’ access to the single market, removal of “red tape,” exemption from “ever-close...
by Xinhua writer Rahul Venkit BRUSSELS, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from across European capitals expressed their dismay and surprise on Friday following the "sobering, unexpected" outcome of the Brexit referendum. After Britain voted by a narrow margin to leave the European Union (EU), German...
Since the British "Brexit referendum" in 2016, tensions between 'leave' and 'remain' voters have been growing. Using a novel analytical approach based on the full distribution of responses rather than their arithmetic means, Study 1 (N=1,506) showed on average 90% of overlap among Leavers ...
Statistics released in Spring by the European Commission showed that 2016 was a good year for foreign direct investment into the UK, despite the Brexit referendum vote midway through the year, and despite the ensuing uncertainty about economic prospects and business and trade policy. ...
To Britain now, where the murder of a member of parliament on Thursday has shocked the nation. The killing took place just one week before the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union and campaigning was temporarily suspended. For more, we're joined by our UK correspondent ...
"I can't see a pathway to stop it. It would take 326 MPs to vote for a new referendum in the House of Commons. It is hard to see, as it would have to be done within months for an act of parliament to take place. To do that by March, 2019 is implausible," said Begg. ...