EU referendum
Leave or remain
A referendum on membership in the European Union.
In British usage, the EU referendum refers specifically to the June 2016 vote in which the United Kingdom chose to leave the EU—the vote that triggered Brexit.
The EU referendum divided families and ended friendships.
- BrexitUK leaving European Union
- voteFormal choice expression
- leaveSanctioned time away
- remainStay in place
- CameronScottish personal name
red bus · Brussels · sovereignty · immigration · freedom of movement · 2016 · polls · campaign · independence · borders · Westminster · turnout · backstop · single market · democracy · withdrawal · divorce bill · nationalism
- EUEuropean Commission, European Union, Austria, European Parliament, Belgium
- EuroscepticismBrexit, Euroscepticism, euroskeptic, UKIP, Brexiteer
EU referendumgeneral election
Nationwide voting for office
parliamentary election · local elections · presidential election · by-election · council elections
EU referendumEuropean integration
Unifying the continent politically
referendum, refer, referral, referent, reference, referential