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1972 French European Communities enlargement referendum

Field	Value
title	Do you agree with the new opportunities opening up in Europe, the draft law submitted to the French people by the President of the Republic, and authorising the ratification of the Treaty concerning the accession of United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland and Norway to the European Communities?
country	France
date	23 April 1972
yes	10847554
no	5030934
invalid	2086119
electorate	29820464

A referendum on the enlargement of the European Communities (EC) was held in France on 23 April 1972. Voters were asked whether they approved of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom joining the EC,

The referendum asked: "Do you agree with the new opportunities opening up in Europe, the draft law submitted to the French people by the President of the Republic, and authorising the ratification of the Treaty concerning the accession of United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland and Norway to the European Communities?"

This was the first referendum to be held in any country relating to an issue regarding the European Communities.

Results

Choice	Metropolitan France	Total	Votes	%
For	10,502,756	67.7	10,847,554	68.3
Against	5,008,469	32.3	5,030,934	31.7
Invalid/blank votes	2,070,615	–	2,086,119	–
Total	17,581,840	100	17,964,607	100
Registered voters	29,071,070	–	29,820,464	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p674 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
although Norway later voted in its own [[1972 Norwegian European Communities membership referendum

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