Английская Википедия:2013 Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum
The Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum (Шаблон:Lang-fr) was a referendum held on Sunday, 7 April 2013 in Alsace, France,[1] which aimed at the creation of the single territorial collectivity of Alsace through the merging of the regional council of Alsace and the departmental councils of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. Even though there was a 57.65% majority of "Yes" votes, the project was not approved, as two other requirements (a majority in favour in both departments and a voter quorum) were not met.
Criteria
In order for the proposal to be approved, the votes in favour needed to be a majority in both departments (and at least 50% overall) and represent at least 25% of eligible voters (188 027 votes in Bas-Rhin and 130 439 votes in Haut-Rhin).
Opinions
Political parties
NB: These are the opinions expressed by the national boards of each party, even if there might be different opinions inside the parties.
- Yes
- Union for a Popular Movement
- Europe Ecology – The Greens
- Democratic Movement
- Unser Land
- Alsace d'abord
- Union of Democrats and Independents
- No
- National Front, officially from 11 March[2]
- Left Front (France) (including Left Party and French Communist Party)[3]
- New Anticapitalist Party[4]
- Debout la République[5]
- Citizen and Republican Movement[6][7]
- Republican Popular Union[8]
- No opinion
Opinions of politicians
In alphabetical order
- Support : François Bayrou[10] (MoDem), André Bord[11] (ex-RPR), Charles Buttner[12] (UMP), Jean-François Copé[13] (UMP), Jacques Fernique[14] (EELV), Laurent Furst[15] (UMP), Henri Goetschy[16] (MoDem), Daniel Hoeffel[17] (DVD), Guy-Dominique Kennel[18] (UMP), Hervé Morin[19] (NC), Philippe Richert[20] (UMP), Jo Spiegel[21] (PS), Yann Wehrling[22] (MoDem).
- Against : François Asselineau (UPR), Martine Binder[23] (FN), Nicolas Dupont-Aignan[24] (DLR), Nicolas Chevalier-Roch (DLR),[25] Pierre Freyburger[26] (PS), Constant Goerg[27] (DVD), Pierre Laurent[28] (PCF), Marine Le Pen[29] (FN), Jean-Luc Mélenchon[30] (PG), Gilbert Meyer[31] (UMP), Raphaël Nisand[32] (PS).
Results
| Bas-Rhin | Haut-Rhin | Alsace overall | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voters | Registered | Voters | Registered | Voters | Registered | |||||||
| Votes | % | % | Required quorum | Votes | % | % | Required quorum | Voix | % | % | Required quorum | |
| For | 172 137 | 67.53 | 22.08 | 25% | 83 266 | 44.26 | 15.96 | 25% | 255 403 | 57.62 | 20.05 | 25% |
| Against | 82 777 | 32.47 | 11.01 | 104 846 | 55.74 | 20.10 | 187 623 | 42.35 | 14.73 | |||
| Valid votes | 254 914 | 96.62 | 33.89 | 188 112 | 97.04 | 36.05 | 443 026 | 96.80 | 34.78 | |||
| Blank/invalid votes | 8923 | 3.38 | 1.19 | 5736 | 2.96 | 1.10 | 14 659 | 3.20 | 1.15 | |||
| Total | 268 837 | 100.00 | 35.11 | 193 848 | 100.00 | 37.18 | 457 685 | 100.00 | 35.96 | |||
| Abstentions | 487 690 | 64.89 | 327 473 | 62.82 | 815 163 | 64.04 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 751 527 | 100.00 | 521 321 | 100.00 | 1 272 848 | 100.00 | ||||||
Bas-Rhin
| No 82,777 (32.47%) |
Yes 172,137 (67.53%) | ||
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Haut-Rhin
| No 104,846 (55.74%) |
Yes 83,266 (44.26%) | ||
| ▲ | |||
Debates after the poll
The negative result of the April referendum was called into question in July 2013 as part of the draft law concerning the "modernization of territorial public action" and the "affirmation of metropolises", with amendment no 745 of UMP MP Hervé Gaymard abolishing the requirement for a referendum consultation to change the size of local authorities. After several delays, the Mixed Parity Committee finally abolished it in December 2013. However, on 25 June 2014, an amendment by rapporteur Michel Delebarre (PS), adopted on 4 July, "abolishes the compulsory consultation of voters in the event of a change in the boundaries of regions and departments as well as in the event of a merger".
In Alsace, on 22 September 2014, the elected representatives of the two general councils and those of the regional council voted 101 out of 122 in favour of a motion for the return of the council of Alsace as the only alternative to the territorial reform of the government which proposes the merger of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne. A demonstration with ambivalent demands (against the Grand Est region, but also for the single council of Alsace) was co-organized by the regional elected representatives on 11 October, with the implementation of a single TER fare at €5 for demonstrators, throughout the region (the prefect has also announced that he will initiate a check of its legality). It brings together 7,000 to 8,000 people according to the authorities and 10,000 to 20,000 according to the organizers. In the debates of the Senate, which finally ended in favour of a unified Alsace in some form, the question of a single council of Alsace has also come up regularly on the table.
The two departments would eventually be grouped together into the European Collectivity of Alsace in January 2021.
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web.
- ↑ Collectivité unique d'Alsace : le 7 avril, NON, bien sûr !, Mouvement républicain et citoyen, 4 avril 2013.
- ↑ Référendum en Alsace : Un "non" républicain et salutaire, Mouvement républicain et citoyen, 7 avril 2013.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 Le PS divisé sur le référendum en Alsace Шаблон:Webarchive, Agence Bretagne Presse, 31 mars 2013.
- ↑ Référendum Alsace : Bayrou appelle les Alsaciens à se mobiliser pour le "oui", Le Point, 5 avril 2013.
- ↑ André Bord : « L'Alsace a rendez-vous avec son histoire », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 10 mars 2013.
- ↑ Buttner : « Faire au moins aussi bien », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 31 mars 2013.
- ↑ Alsace/référendum : Copé appelle au oui, Le Figaro, 5 avril 2013.
- ↑ Jacques Fernique : « L'enjeu dépasse les clivages », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 2 avril 2013.
- ↑ Laurent Furst : « Colmar et Mulhouse ont tout à gagner », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 24 mars 2013.
- ↑ Henri Goetschy : « N'ayez pas peur ! », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 10 mars 2013.
- ↑ Daniel Hoeffel : « Le référendum renforcera ce qui nous unit », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 10 mars 2013.
- ↑ Kennel : « Simplifier le quotidien », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 31 mars 2013.
- ↑ Hervé Morin (UDI) : « Je vais devenir Alsacien », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 12 mars 2013.
- ↑ Richert : « Plus d'efficacité à la nouvelle collectivité Alsace », Le Figaro, 8 mars 2013.
- ↑ Le oui de Spiegel, « la chance d'une ère nouvelle », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 17 mars 2013.
- ↑ Yann Wehrling (MoDem) : « Je crois dans les majorités d'idées », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 24 mars 2013.
- ↑ Martine Binder : « Un truc entièrement préparé entre élus », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 2 avril 2013.
- ↑ « Un démantèlement de la république », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 4 avril 2013.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Ceux qui persistent à dire non..., L'Alsace-Le Pays, 17 février 2013.
- ↑ Constant Goerg : « Il suffit d'une clarification des compétences », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 10 mars 2013.
- ↑ Mélenchon : « Le signal du démembrement de la France », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 5 avril 2013.
- ↑ Conseil unique d'Alsace : l'unité de la Nation menacée selon Marine Le Pen, Le Point, 11 mars 2013.
- ↑ Mélenchon combat la fusion des collectivités alsaciennes, Le Figaro, 4 avril 2013.
- ↑ Gilbert Meyer rassemble autour de son « non », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 27 mars 2013.
- ↑ Le « non républicain » de Raphaël Nisand, L'Alsace-Le Pays, 17 mars 2013.
