I turn now to the constitution and conduct of the plebiscite. The constitution provides for preselection plebiscites. |
Referendums and plebiscites still carry a whiff of Weimar and of Hitler's exploitation of public emotion. |
From then on legislation was formulated more and more by means of plebiscites. |
The plebiscites in France and the Netherlands were, of course, quietly turned on their heads again, as it were. |
The federal republic has never had one, although its constitution allows for plebiscites. |
Referendums on the Constitution should relate to its contents, and not turn into anti-governmental plebiscites. |