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REFERENDUMS HELD ON EUROPEAN MATTERS: 1

2005 European Constitution (Yes 56.52% - No 43.48%)

 

CONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS - Constitution of Luxembourg

Binding referendum requires constitutional amendment. Consultative referendum expressly provided.

 

ARTICLES ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, REFERENDUM AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Regulation about a special transfer of sovereignty to EU:
none

Approval of transfer of sovereignty without effect of constitutional amendment:
Majority from parliament, Art. 37 I, 46 ConstLux.

Approval of transfer of sovereignty with effect of constitutional amendment:
Majority of 2/3 from the members of parliament by presence of at least 3/4 of its members, Art. 37 II, 49a, 114 V ConstLux. In contradiction to Art. 51 EC only temporary transference allowed within Art. 49a ConstLux.

Approval of constitutional amendment:
Majority of 2/3 of the votes from the parliament by presence of 3/4 of its members after the parliament has declared the necessity of a constitutional amendment, its disbandment and re-election, Art. 114 ConstLux.

Other constitutional regulations about referendums:
Consultative referendum provided for in the constitution, Art. 51 ConstLux.

 

RATING AND DEBATE

Luxembourg ratified on 29.05.2008 the Lisbon Treaty, becoming the 15th of the 27 EU nations to endorse the reform treaty through parliament. Forty-seven of the 51 deputies present in the 60-seat house voted in favour, while three abstained and only one voted against the treaty, which is meant to streamline the way the EU operates as it expands. European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso congratulated lawmakers in the Grand Duchy, one of the EU's smallest member nations. "I would like to thank the Luxembourg government and parliament for the support they have given to the treaty throughout the negotiations and ratification process," he said in a statement.

Eurobarometer (2006), The Future of Europe - Results for Luxembourg, Special Eurobarometer 251, Fieldwork: 23/02 – 15/03 2006. (PDF)

 

 

PROCEDURE

Parliamentary vote

 

STATE OF THE PROCEDURE

The parliamentary ratification was held on the 29.05.2008 in the 60-member chamber. (51 votes in favour; 1 against and 3 abstention)

 

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