Sentence examples for in a recent referendum from inspiring English sources

In a recent referendum, they approved a set of economic agreements with their EU neighbours.

But an Irish Yes vote in a recent referendum means that his signature is last obstacle to adoption of the treaty.

When Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner who is running for president, tried to vote in a recent referendum, a mob attacked him.

In France, the government is committed to decentralisation, but its devolution plan for Corsica was messily rejected in a recent referendum.

But it is hard to avoid suspicions that the rules may be applied selectively to eliminate successful PPP candidates.A new constitution, narrowly passed in a recent referendum, reduces the number of lower-house seats from 500 to 480.

In a recent referendum, the overwhelming majority of students responded positively to the question: "Should ULU's building, activities and campaigns continue to be run democratically by students?" Out of 5,000 participants in the referendum, which took place across all the University of London's colleges, 86 per cent voted yes, 12 per cent voted no and two per cent abstained.

Tensions in Turkey have been running even higher since a recent referendum on the fate of the Turkish political system.

However, following a recent referendum the region of South Sudan became an independent state in July 2011 [ 3].

Finland has launched similar feasibility study to the one proposed in France, and Switzerland rejected a proposal for a very high basic income in a recent national referendum.

Under changes agreed in a recent constitutional referendum, which gained an unhealthy 98% backing among those who voted, Kagame is entitled to stand for a further two terms after 2017, meaning he may still be in office in 2034.

There are those who echo Rajoy in their recriminations against Puigdemont and his loyalists for pushing ahead with their independence bid despite lacking a clear majority in a recent unofficial referendum.