Home > 5.1 Nature of the referendum > Referendums in Europe - An Analysis of the Legal Rules in European States
 
 
 
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A request for an ordinary optional referendum or a popular initiative requires 500,000 signatures in Lithuania and 150,000 in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”. In Latvia, 10% of voters can launch a constitutional or legislative popular initiative or request a referendum if the President suspends a law at the request of one-third of Parliament, if the law is not passed again by the latter by a three-quarters majority of its members.