2013 Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum
March 14, 2024
The Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum (French: référendum sur la Collectivité territoriale d'Alsace) was a referendum held on Sunday, 7 April 2013 in Alsace, France,[1] which aimed at the creation of the single territorial collectivity of Alsace through the merging of the regional council of Alsace and the departmental councils of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. Even though there was a 57.65% majority of "Yes" votes, the project was not approved, as two other requirements (a majority in favour in both departments and a voter quorum) were not met.
Ballot papers of the 2013 Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum.Voting during the referendum in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).
In order for the proposal to be approved, the votes in favour needed to be a majority in both departments (and at least 50% overall) and represent at least 25% of eligible voters (188,027 votes in Bas-Rhin and 130,439 votes in Haut-Rhin).
Opinionsedit
Political partiesedit
NB: These are the opinions expressed by the national boards of each party, even if there might be different opinions inside the parties.
The negative result of the April referendum was called into question in July 2013 as part of the draft law concerning the "modernization of territorial public action" and the "affirmation of metropolises", with amendment no 745 of UMP MP Hervé Gaymard abolishing the requirement for a referendum consultation to change the size of local authorities. After several delays, the Mixed Parity Committee finally abolished it in December 2013. However, on 25 June 2014, an amendment by rapporteur Michel Delebarre (PS), adopted on 4 July, "abolishes the compulsory consultation of voters in the event of a change in the boundaries of regions and departments as well as in the event of a merger".
In Alsace, on 22 September 2014, the elected representatives of the two general councils and those of the regional council voted 101 out of 122 in favour of a motion for the return of the council of Alsace as the only alternative to the territorial reform of the government which proposes the merger of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne. A demonstration with ambivalent demands (against the Grand Est region, but also for the single council of Alsace) was co-organized by the regional elected representatives on 11 October, with the implementation of a single TER fare at €5 for demonstrators, throughout the region (the prefect has also announced that he will initiate a check of its legality). It brings together 7,000 to 8,000 people according to the authorities and 10,000 to 20,000 according to the organizers. In the debates of the Senate, which finally ended in favour of a unified Alsace in some form, the question of a single council of Alsace has also come up regularly on the table.
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^Buttner : « Faire au moins aussi bien », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 31 mars 2013.
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^Jacques Fernique : « L'enjeu dépasse les clivages », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 2 avril 2013.
^Laurent Furst : « Colmar et Mulhouse ont tout à gagner », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 24 mars 2013.
^Henri Goetschy : « N'ayez pas peur ! », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 10 mars 2013.
^Daniel Hoeffel : « Le référendum renforcera ce qui nous unit », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 10 mars 2013.
^Kennel : « Simplifier le quotidien », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 31 mars 2013.
^Hervé Morin (UDI) : « Je vais devenir Alsacien », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 12 mars 2013.
^Richert : « Plus d'efficacité à la nouvelle collectivité Alsace », Le Figaro, 8 mars 2013.
^Le oui de Spiegel, « la chance d'une ère nouvelle », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 17 mars 2013.
^Yann Wehrling (MoDem) : « Je crois dans les majorités d'idées », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 24 mars 2013.
^Martine Binder : « Un truc entièrement préparé entre élus », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 2 avril 2013.
^« Un démantèlement de la république », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 4 avril 2013.
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^Ceux qui persistent à dire non..., L'Alsace-Le Pays, 17 février 2013.
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^Mélenchon : « Le signal du démembrement de la France », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 5 avril 2013.
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^Gilbert Meyer rassemble autour de son « non », L'Alsace-Le Pays, 27 mars 2013.
^Le « non républicain » de Raphaël Nisand, L'Alsace-Le Pays, 17 mars 2013.
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The Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum French referendum sur la Collectivite territoriale d Alsace was a referendum held on Sunday 7 April 2013 in Alsace France 1 which aimed at the creation of the single territorial collectivity of Alsace through the merging of the regional council of Alsace and the departmental councils of Bas Rhin and Haut Rhin Even though there was a 57 65 majority of Yes votes the project was not approved as two other requirements a majority in favour in both departments and a voter quorum were not met Ballot papers of the 2013 Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum Voting during the referendum in Strasbourg Bas Rhin Contents 1 Criteria 2 Opinions 2 1 Political parties 2 2 Opinions of politicians 3 Results 3 1 Bas Rhin 3 2 Haut Rhin 3 3 Debates after the poll 4 ReferencesCriteria editIn order for the proposal to be approved the votes in favour needed to be a majority in both departments and at least 50 overall and represent at least 25 of eligible voters 188 027 votes in Bas Rhin and 130 439 votes in Haut Rhin Opinions editPolitical parties edit NB These are the opinions expressed by the national boards of each party even if there might be different opinions inside the parties YesUnion for a Popular Movement Europe Ecology The Greens Democratic Movement Unser Land Alsace d abord Union of Democrats and IndependentsNoNational Front officially from 11 March 2 Left Front France including Left Party and French Communist Party 3 New Anticapitalist Party 4 Debout la Republique 5 Citizen and Republican Movement 6 7 Republican Popular Union 8 No opinionSocialist Party France PS PS 68 and independent elected representatives Alsace 9 Yes Intergroupe elus socialistes et republicains d Alsace 9 NoOpinions of politicians edit In alphabetical order Support Francois Bayrou 10 MoDem Andre Bord 11 ex RPR Charles Buttner 12 UMP Jean Francois Cope 13 UMP Jacques Fernique 14 EELV Laurent Furst 15 UMP Henri Goetschy 16 MoDem Daniel Hoeffel 17 DVD Guy Dominique Kennel 18 UMP Herve Morin 19 NC Philippe Richert 20 UMP Jo Spiegel 21 PS Yann Wehrling 22 MoDem Against Francois Asselineau UPR Martine Binder 23 FN Nicolas Dupont Aignan 24 DLR Nicolas Chevalier Roch DLR 25 Pierre Freyburger 26 PS Constant Goerg 27 DVD Pierre Laurent 28 PCF Marine Le Pen 29 FN Jean Luc Melenchon 30 PG Gilbert Meyer 31 UMP Raphael Nisand 32 PS Results editBas Rhin Haut Rhin Alsace overallVoters Registered Voters Registered Voters RegisteredVotes Required quorum Votes Required quorum Voix Required quorumFor 172 137 67 53 22 08 25 83 266 44 26 15 96 25 255 403 57 62 20 05 25 Against 82 777 32 47 11 01 104 846 55 74 20 10 187 623 42 35 14 73Valid votes 254 914 96 62 33 89 188 112 97 04 36 05 443 026 96 80 34 78Blank invalid votes 8 923 3 38 1 19 5 736 2 96 1 10 14 659 3 20 1 15Total 268 837 100 00 35 11 193 848 100 00 37 18 457 685 100 00 35 96Abstentions 487 690 64 89 327 473 62 82 815 163 64 04Registered voters 751 527 100 00 521 321 100 00 1 272 848 100 00Bas Rhin edit No82 777 32 47 Yes172 137 67 53 Haut Rhin edit No104 846 55 74 Yes83 266 44 26 Debates after the poll edit The negative result of the April referendum was called into question in July 2013 as part of the draft law concerning the modernization of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises with amendment no 745 of UMP MP Herve Gaymard abolishing the requirement for a referendum consultation to change the size of local authorities After several delays the Mixed Parity Committee finally abolished it in December 2013 However on 25 June 2014 an amendment by rapporteur Michel Delebarre PS adopted on 4 July abolishes the compulsory consultation of voters in the event of a change in the boundaries of regions and departments as well as in the event of a merger In Alsace on 22 September 2014 the elected representatives of the two general councils and those of the regional council voted 101 out of 122 in favour of a motion for the return of the council of Alsace as the only alternative to the territorial reform of the government which proposes the merger of Alsace Lorraine and Champagne Ardenne A demonstration with ambivalent demands against the Grand Est region but also for the single council of Alsace was co organized by the regional elected representatives on 11 October with the implementation of a single TER fare at 5 for demonstrators throughout the region the prefect has also announced that he will initiate a check of its legality It brings together 7 000 to 8 000 people according to the authorities and 10 000 to 20 000 according to the organizers In the debates of the Senate which finally ended in favour of a unified Alsace in some form the question of a single council of Alsace has also come up regularly on the table The two departments would eventually be grouped together into the European Collectivity of Alsace in January 2021 References edit Adriane Carroger April 2013 Alsace le non menace la fusion des institutions Le Monde in French ISSN 0395 2037 Franck Buchy 11 March 2013 Le FN defend une Alsace francaise Dernieres Nouvelles d Alsace in French Communique du Front de gauche d Alsace 22 decembre 2012 placeaupeuple2012 fr Archived from the original on 2012 04 20 Retrieved 2018 08 07 Collectivite Territoriale d Alsace un laboratoire du capitalisme NPA 4 April 2013 Retrieved 2018 08 07 Alsace les enjeux caches du referendum L Express 7 April 2013 Archived from the original on 2017 03 03 Retrieved 2017 03 02 Collectivite unique d Alsace le 7 avril NON bien sur Mouvement republicain et citoyen 4 avril 2013 Referendum en Alsace Un non republicain et salutaire Mouvement republicain et citoyen 7 avril 2013 Referendum du 7 Avril Carnet de bord des militants UPR sur place in French Union Populaire Republicaine UPR 31 March 2013 a b Le PS divise sur le referendum en Alsace Archived 2014 10 23 at the Wayback Machine Agence Bretagne Presse 31 mars 2013 Referendum Alsace Bayrou appelle les Alsaciens a se mobiliser pour le oui Le Point 5 avril 2013 Andre Bord L Alsace a rendez vous avec son histoire L Alsace Le Pays 10 mars 2013 Buttner Faire au moins aussi bien L Alsace Le Pays 31 mars 2013 Alsace referendum Cope appelle au oui Le Figaro 5 avril 2013 Jacques Fernique L enjeu depasse les clivages L Alsace Le Pays 2 avril 2013 Laurent Furst Colmar et Mulhouse ont tout a gagner L Alsace Le Pays 24 mars 2013 Henri Goetschy N ayez pas peur L Alsace Le Pays 10 mars 2013 Daniel Hoeffel Le referendum renforcera ce qui nous unit L Alsace Le Pays 10 mars 2013 Kennel Simplifier le quotidien L Alsace Le Pays 31 mars 2013 Herve Morin UDI Je vais devenir Alsacien L Alsace Le Pays 12 mars 2013 Richert Plus d efficacite a la nouvelle collectivite Alsace Le Figaro 8 mars 2013 Le oui de Spiegel la chance d une ere nouvelle L Alsace Le Pays 17 mars 2013 Yann Wehrling MoDem Je crois dans les majorites d idees L Alsace Le Pays 24 mars 2013 Martine Binder Un truc entierement prepare entre elus L Alsace Le Pays 2 avril 2013 Un demantelement de la republique L Alsace Le Pays 4 avril 2013 Pour Nicolas Chevalier Roch c etait inevitable lalsace fr in French 22 January 2014 Retrieved 2018 02 07 Ceux qui persistent a dire non L Alsace Le Pays 17 fevrier 2013 Constant Goerg Il suffit d une clarification des competences L Alsace Le Pays 10 mars 2013 Melenchon Le signal du demembrement de la France L Alsace Le Pays 5 avril 2013 Conseil unique d Alsace l unite de la Nation menacee selon Marine Le Pen Le Point 11 mars 2013 Melenchon combat la fusion des collectivites alsaciennes Le Figaro 4 avril 2013 Gilbert Meyer rassemble autour de son non L Alsace Le Pays 27 mars 2013 Le non republicain de Raphael Nisand L Alsace Le Pays 17 mars 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2013 Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum amp oldid 1147243635, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
