Volunteer Abstinence

Japanese: Volksabstimmung
Volunteer Abstinence

...The Senate, which is made up of representatives from each state's parliament, can raise objections to bills passed by the lower house, but if the lower house re-passes the original resolution with the attendance of more than half of the total number of members, the resolution goes into effect. It can be said that the fact that the Volksabstimmung system is not just in name but is actually used is a distinctive feature of Austrian politics. An example of a national referendum is the 1978 national referendum on nuclear power plants, which will be discussed later.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Volksabstimmung" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…各州議会の代表によって構成される上院は,下院の議決した法案に異議の申し立てができるが,下院が総議員の1/2以上の出席の下に最初の議決を再び可決すれば,この議決は発効する。国民投票Volksabstimmungの制度が名目にとどまらず,実際に活用されていることは,オーストリアの政治の特色といえよう。国民投票の実例として,後述する78年の原子力発電所をめぐる国民投票をあげることができる。…

※「Volksabstimmung」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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