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Legal provisions for optional referendums at national level

Greece

Greece

Answer
Yes
Source

CONSTITUTION OFGREECE

(Adopted1975; last amended 2008)

http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/f3c70a23-7696-49db-9148-f24dce6a27c8/001-156%20aggliko.pdf

 

Article 44

2.The President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national mattersfollowing a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number ofMembers of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet.

 

A referendum on Bills passed by Parliament regulating important socialmatters, with the exception of the fiscal ones, shall be proclaimed bydecree by the President of the Republic, if this is decided by three-fifths ofthe total number of its members, following a proposal of two-fifths of thetotal number of its members, and as the Standing Orders and the law for the applicationof the present paragraph provide. (…)
Comment
A referendum can becalled for crucial national issues and for existing laws which regulate importantsocial issues.
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