Updating guidelines to ensure fair referendums in Council of Europe member States

Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 14791 | 21 January 2019

Signatories:

Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania, SOC ; Ms Thorhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Iceland, SOC ; Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Maryvonne BLONDIN, France, SOC ; Ms Tamar CHUGOSHVILI, Georgia, SOC ; Mr Alexandru Răzvan CUC, Romania, NR ; Mr Piero FASSINO, Italy, SOC ; Mr Ian MURRAY, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Axel SCHÄFER, Germany, SOC ; Ms Angela SMITH, United Kingdom, SOC

Origin

2019 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 4.1, insert the following paragraph:

"it should not be possible to hold referendums at the same time as other elections, in order to allow voters to make well-informed decisions while casting their votes;"