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European Referendum - the Right Choice? Focused on the Nice Treaty Referenda in Ireland
 Steigerová, Petra ; Kotlas, Petr (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The main purpose of the master thesis called: "European referenda - the right choice? Focused on the Nice Treaty referendums in Ireland" is to reflect on the role of European referenda in representative democracies of the EC/EU either member or candidate states. Referenda give citizens a direct say over their futures. Provided they are preceded by well-organised national debates they usually raise the level of public awareness and understanding of the EU across Europe. On the other hand, they might be very dangerous political instruments with several serious drawbacks. Especially, the unpredictability of referenda is one reason why most governments have ratified EU agreements in their parliaments, assuming a majority would vote in favour. The Republic of Ireland is one of the countries that has had several referenda in recent years dealing with contentious social, political and EC/EU matters in particular. Ireland has traditionally been one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the EU and has benefited from generous EU structural funding and Common Agricultural Policy subsidies that have helped to boost its economy - the so-called "Celtic Tiger". Surprisingly, the Irish people voted against ratification of the Treaty of Nice in a referendum on 7 June 2001. For the second time in the history of EU...
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