Russia is making the move to deeply embrace its one thousand year past, uniting today’s modern state with the Empire of the Tsars and even showing how the Soviet Union has its unique place in history which must be remembered. In a four-minute video, we see Patriarch Kirill sign his ballot for the Constitutional referendum, and give an explanation for the actions he sees the country must take.
It would be an understatement to claim that Bougainville, that blighted piece of autonomous territory in Papua New Guinea, had been through a lot. Companies have preyed upon its environment with extractive hunger. Wars and civil strife have beset its infrastructure and economy. Some 900 kilometres from the PNG mainland, it has been what might be described as “a reluctant part” of that political compact, indigenously separate and stubborn.
Le nombre de soutiens validés au référendum d’initiative partagée (RIP) portant sur le caractère de service public des Aéroports de Paris (ADP) a récemment dépassé les 900 000 signatures.
Le challenge reste encore est énorme mais néanmoins crucial : pour qu’un référendum soit organisé sur la privatisation d’ADP, 4 717 396 signatures doivent être réunies d’ici mars 2020.
SIMFEROPOL, CRIMEA — In early August I traveled to Russia for the first time, partly out of interest in seeing some of the vast country with a tourist’s eyes, partly to do some journalism in the region. It also transpired that while in Moscow I was able to interview Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry.
Ce 13 juin 2019, à 00:01, le gouvernement français a ouvert la pétition en ligne visant à réclamer la tenue d’un Référendum sur la privatisation des Aéroports de Paris.
Le challenge est énorme mais crucial : il faut réunir 4,7 millions de signatures en 9 mois.
Chaque citoyen français inscrit sur les listes électorales a donc la possibilité de signer cette pétition pour réclamer un référendum sur la question (qu’il soit pour ou contre cette privatisation).
Source : Huffington Post, AFP, 22-05-2019
On March 16, 2014, Crimea held a referendum election on the question of rejoining the Russian Federation and seceding from Ukraine. The vote passed by an enormous margin, nearly 97% of the voters saying they wished to rejoin Russia. That number was amplified by the 83.1% voter turnout. Clearly this was a very pressing matter for the Crimean people.
Nick Boles, an MP previously loyal to Britain’s Tory party, recently made himself very unpopular with his own constituency activists. Why? Because he dared to state that he would not support any move that might result in Britain quitting the European Union without a deal. In a recent column in his local newspaper he listed several points that explain his position concerning the disastrous Brexit fiasco.
