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Greece

DD002

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy Procedures at the national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	a) Constitutional provisions related to referenda
Source:	Constitution, Article 44 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified:	2020/07/26

DD003

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Mandatory Referendums at the national level?
Answer:	b. No
Comments:	Referenda are optional.
Source:	Constitution, Article 44 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified:	2020/07/26

DD004

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Optional Referendums at the national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	Τhe President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national matters following a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet. A referendum on Bills passed by Parliament regulating important social matters, with the exception of the fiscal ones shall be proclaimed by decree by the President of the Republic, if this is decided by three-fifths of the total number of its members, following a proposal of two-fifths of the total number of its members, and as the Standing Orders and the law for the application of the present paragraph provide. No more than two proposals to hold a referendum on a Bill can be introduced in the same parliamentary term.
Source:	Constitution, Art. 44:2 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified:	2020/07/26

DD005

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Citizen’s Initiatives at national level?
Answer:	b. No
Comments:
Source:	Constitution https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified:	2020/07/26

DD006

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Agenda Initiatives at national level?
Answer:	b. No
Comments:
Source:	Constitution https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified:	2020/07/26

DD007

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Recalls at national level?
Answer:	b. No
Comments:
Source:	Constitution https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified:	2020/07/26

DD129

Question:	Are the results of referenda always binding, never binding or sometimes binding?
Answer:	b. Sometimes binding
Comments:	The result of the referendum regarding important social matters is binding when at least fifty percent (50%) of the registered voters participated in the voting procedure.
Source:	Constitution, art. 44; https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en Law 4023/2011, art. 16 (4): http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/bcc26661-143b-4f2d-8916-0e0e66ba4c50/d-dhmops-pap.pdf (2013)
Verified:	2020/07/26

DD130

Question:	Are the types of issues to vote upon in a referendum constitutional changes only, other issues only or both constitutional and other issues?
Answer:	b. Only other issues than constitutional changes
Comments:	Τhe President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national matters following a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet. A referendum on Bills passed by Parliament regulating important social matters, with the exception of the fiscal ones shall be proclaimed by decree by the President of the Republic, if this is decided by three-fifths of the total number of its members, following a proposal of two-fifths of the total number of its members, and as the Standing Orders and the law for the application of the present paragraph provide. No more than two proposals to hold a referendum on a Bill can be introduced in the same parliamentary term.
Source:	Constitution, art. 44 (2) https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified:	2020/07/26

DD131

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy at sub-national levels (regional or local)?
Answer:	b. No
Comments:
Source:	Constitution https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Greece_2008?lang=en
Verified:	2020/07/26

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