Issues in relation to which referendums are optional at the national level
Greece
Answer
- Any issue of national importance, except those excluded
- Existing laws on important social issues
Source
CONSTITUTION OFGREECE
(Adopted1975; last amended 2008)
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.
Areferendum on Bills passedby Parliament regulating important social matters, with the exception ofthe fiscal ones, shall be proclaimed by decree by the President of theRepublic, if this is decided by three-fifths of the total number of itsmembers, following a proposal of two-fifths of the total number of its members,and as the Standing Orders and the law for the application of the presentparagraph provide. (…)
Comment
A referendum can becalled for crucial national issues and for existing laws which regulate importantsocial issues.
