!!!Plebiszitäre Demokratie

Direct democracy, political system in which the people decide 
directly. Modern states usually have representative democracies, in 
which the citizens delegate the decision-making power to elected 
organs and where means of direct democracy (in Austria referendum, 
plebiscite and popular initiative) are only seldom used. On a federal 
level two plebiscites have been held so far (in 1978 the plebiscite on 
the nuclear energy plant Zwentendorf; in 1994 on Austria's entry into 
the EU) and 16 popular initiatives (petition) have been initiated, 
mainly by opposition parties. Instruments of direct democracy also 
exist on provincial level.


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