nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20160707-100804 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 160706s2016||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20160707-100804 doi eng 342 23 Ioannidis, Michael Author aut Calling Europe into Question: the British and the Greek referenda Ioannidis, Michael Verfassungsblog 2016-07-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On this day last year, Greeks woke up facing a referendum result that very few had expected. Almost a year later, on the 24th of June 2016, British and other Europeans woke up overwhelmingly surprised by the ‘Leave’ vote. Despite their significant differences, the Greek and the British referenda have some important things in common. Reading them together might have something to teach us about referenda on the EU—especially now that more people seem to be asking for one in their own country. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Alexis Tsipras brexit David Cameron democracy Direct Democracy greferendum Referendum Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/calling-europe-into-question-the-british-and-the-greek-referenda/ raw object