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Category: Referenda

Northern Ireland at the crossroads

Northern Ireland's Unionists are making trouble over Brexit, reflecting the fact that it's put them in an impossible position.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 22 February 202126 January 2022

Shifting sands in New Caledonia

The supporters of independence win a majority in the New Caledonia government for the first time. Change is on the way, although the underlying balance of power is not all that it might seem.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 19 February 2021

Gibraltar comes in from the cold

In a rather counter-intuitive result of Brexit, Gibraltar is set for greater integration with Spain and the rest of the European Union.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Political issues, Referenda, Spain 3 Comments 28 January 202126 January 2022

Results roundup, part I

Election news from around the world. Today, New Zealand, Seychelles, Lithuania and Tanzania.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Oceania, Referenda 2 Comments 2 November 20209 December 2020

A new nation on the way?

An increase in the pro-independence vote in New Caledonia puts its supporters within sight of their goal.

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Charles Richardson Europe, France, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 3 Comments 6 October 202026 January 2022

New Caledonia tries again

There's another independence referendum on Sunday in New Caledonia. It's unlikely to show a very different result from the first one, but the opponents of independence can't hold out forever.

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Charles Richardson Europe, France, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 2 October 202026 January 2022

A new Catalan headache

The Spanish courts take a hand again on the Catalan issue, making compromise less likely and adding to the woes of the embattled prime minister.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda, Spain 2 Comments 1 October 202026 January 2022

Another Brexit hiccup

It's not just Northern Ireland that poses a border control problem for the Brexit negotiations. Some of the same issues recur on a smaller scale with Gibraltar.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 16 September 202026 January 2022

Still worrying about monarchy

Debate over the "palace letters" in Australia brings some focus back to the debate on monarchy vs republic. So do the woes of the former king of Spain.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 5 Comments 20 July 202026 January 2022

Northern Ireland gets a government again

Northern Ireland has been without a government for three years, and a lot has happened in that time. Now its parties have agreed to give things another try.

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