referendums

And since France and the Netherlands voted "no" in two referendums in 2005 it has been unable to agree on its own constitution.

自从2005年法国和荷兰两次在全民公决中投出反对票以来，欧盟就再也无法就其宪法达成一致。

Mr Berlusconi said he would boycott the referendums.

贝卢斯科尼表示他要抵制公投。

But because it was turned down in the French and Dutch referendums, the treaty has not been ratified.

但是因为它在法国和荷兰的全民公投中被否决了，所以并没有正式生效。

Referendums, in which voters approve or reject laws already passed by a legislature, were the least radical change.

公决制下选民可以批准或者否决已由立法机关通过的法律，是最不极端的变革。

Now the risk of a two-speed EU, with Sweden and Denmark in the outer lane, has led to speculation about fresh referendums in both countries.

至此由于瑞典和丹麦尚在欧元区外，双速欧洲的风险来推断，两国会举行新一轮的投票表决。

cols, which twice held referendums on independence and came within a few thousand votes of winning one of them in1995.

原来，这些选民一般都支持魁人党，该党就独立问题举行了两次全民公投，在。

He pointed out that they would require referendums in at least four countries.

他指出，他将在至少四个国家要求公民投票。

Italy's billionaire premier suffered a defeat in Italian local elections in May and a setback in a series of referendums weeks later.

今年5月份，意大利的富豪总理在地方选举中失败，数周之后在一系列公投中也遭遇挫折。

Dissent, whether expressed through referendums, elections or the debating chambers of national parliaments, will have only a limited impact.

不同意见，不管是来自全民公决、选举还是国家的议会辩论，都只能施加有限的影响。

Matching results in the other three referendums suggested that they had turned into a big vote of no confidence in the prime minister.

其他三次公投结果也与此类似，表明公投成为了一场对总理极大不信任的表决。

Since 2005 there have been elections for the presidency, too, replacing the previous embarrassingly unanimous referendums.

自2005年开始，也有了总统选举，来代替以前让人难堪的意见一致的公民投票。

On June 12th-13th he suffered his third and most significant political defeat in less than a month, when he lost a clutch of referendums.

在不到一个月的时间里，他遭到三次政治打击，发生在六月12日到13日的第三次为最甚，他失去了数量巨大的选票。

Two controversial referendums , calling for Taiwan to apply for membership in the United Nations, also fell well short of passage.

两份充满争议的、旨在呼吁台湾成为联合国成员的公民投票（即“入联公投”——译者注）遭遇阻力。

In this Californian election voters had to decide on three new types of balloting: referendums, recalls and initiatives.

在加州该次选举中，选民必须在三种投票制度上进行抉择：公决制、罢免制和创议制。

Since the 1990s, three states have passed referendums barring racial preferences, and four more may do so in November.

1990年之后，有三个州相继通过公投否决了种族优惠。

Note the results of the recent referendums in California, where voters rejected all budget-balancing proposals.

注意最近加利福利亚州的公民投票结果，选民们否决了所有平衡预算的提议。

Second is a procedural dispute over two referendums to be held with the election.

第二个是对跟选举一起进行的两个公投的程序上的争论。

Senior figures point to weak support for the European project in lots of countries and No votes in various referendums.

有高级人物指出许多国家对欧盟计划的支持减弱，以及在进行各种公民投票时投弃权票。

We can easily see that many Taiwanese people have mixed in many political factors in their understanding and debate of referendums .

从这件事情可以看出，许多台湾民众对公民投票的理解与争议其实掺杂了蛮多政治性的解读。

Referendums would have been lost in many other countries had their people been given a say.

公投在一些人民有发言权的国家可能是不能取得理想的结果。