Greek lessons for the UK’s referendum

What lessons can the UK derive from the Greek referendum ahead of its own vote on EU membership? Richard Rose writes that there were four key flaws in the Greek referendum that the UK should aim to avoid: an unclear question, a rushed campaign, the tendency to downplay the influence of other EU states over the outcome, and an inconclusive result. He argues that at present the British government’s handling of the referendum suggests it has still to learn at least three of these lessons.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Greek bailout referendum, 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/greek-bailout-referendum-2015/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

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