Treaty of Amsterdam
Two countries held referendums on the ratification of the treaty of Amsterdam: Ireland and Denmark.
- Ireland referendum (22 May 1998)
Result was a majority of 61.74% in favour. Turnout was 56.2%.
- Denmark referendum (28 May 1998)
Result was a majority of 55.1% in favour. Turnout was 76.2%.
Read more about this topic: Referendums Related To The European Union
Famous quotes containing the words treaty and/or amsterdam:
“The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever,
And famine grew, and locusts came;
Great is the hand that holds dominion over
Man by a scribbled name.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“The Jew is neither a newcomer nor an alien in this country or on this continent; his Americanism is as original and ancient as that of any race or people with the exception of the American Indian and other aborigines. He came in the caravels of Columbus, and he knocked at the gates of New Amsterdam only thirty-five years after the Pilgrim Fathers stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock.”
—Oscar Solomon Straus (1850–1926)