Sentence examples for french referendums from inspiring English sources

As for Europe, the great cause of Heath's career, Britain's place in it, in the wake of the Dutch and French referendums is still not clear.

European integration, is felt to have, somehow met its Waterloo in 2005, when Dutch and French referendums unexpectedly torpedoed the draft EU constitution.

The French referendum on the EU constitution takes place eight days after this year's contest.

Those who were showed themselves equivocal: a French referendum on the Maastricht treaty squeaked through by the narrowest of margins.

German approval is expected to give a lift to a French referendum on the charter on May 29.

The polls had predicted a no in the French referendum on the European Union constitution, but few expected it to be so big: 55-45%.

The reason is that the French referendum on the EU constitution could be in May, and the government is desperate to avoid Turkey clouding the debate.

Le Pen, who is currently setting the agenda of French politics, tweeted "victory for freedom" and called for a French referendum.

The show must go on Before the French referendum, President Jacques Chirac announced there was no "Plan B" in the event of a rejection by the French nation.

The tortuous ratification of the Maastricht treaty a Danish No followed by a guarded Yes a year later, a knife-edge French referendum, a string of narrow votes in the British parliament, a court challenge in Germany bears witness to this.

It was Mr. Kohl and Mr. Mitterrand, from opposing political families, who drove the 1992 decision to create a common European currency, fighting off opposition at home to push it through a French referendum and the German Parliament.