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Article 1
 

§ 1. Issues to be submitted to referendum

(1) The Riigikogu2 shall submit any amendment of Chapters 1 and 15 of the Constitution to a referendum. The Riigikogu may

submit other draft Acts that amend the Constitution, and other draft Acts or other national issues to a referendum.

(2) Issues regarding the budget, taxation, financial obligations of the state, ratification and denunciation of international

agreements, the declaration or termination of a state of emergency, or national defence shall not be submitted to a referendum.