Austrian European Union membership referendum, 1994

A referendum on European Union
European Union
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membership was held in Austria on 12 June 1994. The question asked was Shall the National Council's
National Council of Austria
The National Council is one of the two houses of the Austrian parliament. According to the constitution, the National Council and the complementary Federal Council are peers...

decision on the Constitutional Law
Constitutional law
Constitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....

(Bundesverfassungsgesetz) concerning the Accession
Accession
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of Austria to the European Union be enacted as law?. The result of the vote was 66.6% in favour, with a turnout of 82.3%. Austria joined the EU as part of the 1995 enlargement

1995 enlargement of the European Union

The 1995 enlargement of the European Union saw Austria, Finland and Sweden accede to the European Union . This was the EU's fourth enlargement and came into effect on the 1 January of that year. All these states were previous members of the European Free Trade Association and had traditionally...

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