15 Jul 16 14:30, Robert Bashe wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:
RB>>>>>>> No, that's not true in Switzerland. There, certain number of RB>>>>>>> people can force a referendum on a specific question.
GK>> State referendums are possible in all states since the 1990ies.
RB> You're backing up. Do you realize that? The original question was one RB> of NATIONAL referendums.
You're making up things you maybe did think but not write. See above: you wrote about an (arbitrary) "referendum on a specific question". You did not say "national referendum on any question".
RB> Now you're pulling back and fixing on state RB> referendums, which have only existed in Bavaria, whether they are RB> legal elsewhere or not.
They exist in every state. Please get your facts straight and read at least the wikipedia articles I cited.
RB> That's NOT the same as the NATIONAL referndums in Switzerland, RB> whether you accept that or not.
You put in the "national" tag afterwards.
RB> No, like the one that was NOT called in Germany because the "basic RB> law" does not allow it and the parties are all scared of losing their RB> privileges if the "common man" has a say in government.
Again: please get your facts straight. I already wrote that there have been numerous attempts to change this. The latest (by SPD and CSU in 2013) was blocked by the CDU (and only by them). Moreover, I explained why I think (in contrast to what I would have said about this 20 years ago) that this is not something we need now.
Regards, Gerrit
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