‘Brexit’: The Vote That Could Sink Britain's Economy

Re:‘Brexit’: The Vote That Could Sink Britain's Economy by aries1980 on Thursday May 26, 2016 @05:30AM (#11776675)

I didn't know this, thank you for the link. How did the Dutch & French govn'ts have the power to sign it then?

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Re:‘Brexit’: The Vote That Could Sink Britain's Economy by wsc981 on Saturday May 28, 2016 @06:52AM (#11791213)

A referendum in The Netherlands is not legally binding for the government.

The same thing happened just a few months ago when the Dutch people voted against the EU association treaty with Ukraine [0].

The government will still push through with the treaty. The EU project is holy and must go on. Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission said the following on the Lisbon treaty:

  "If it's a Yes, we will say 'on we go', and 
  if it's a No we will say 'we continue'."

He also stated:

  "There can be no democratic choice against 
  the European treaties."

[0]: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/06/dutch-voters-re...

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