# A nationwide vote on reparations

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/a-nationwide-vote-on-reparations/
- Published: 1924-05-18T18:35:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T19:50:39+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/usienarodnaje-halasavannie-ab-adshkadavanniach.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/vsyenarodnoye-golosovaniye-o-ryeparatsiyakh.md

> The German Social Democrats want to put to a nationwide vote the reparations plan proposed by the Entente experts. The government and the Right are against it, but the constitution gives the right to do so if a referendum is demanded by 1/10 of the voters.

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The German Social Democrats have adopted a resolution to demand that the government submit to a nationwide vote (the so-called "referendum") the question of accepting the reparations plan drawn up by the Entente experts.

The government and the right-wing parties fear such a "risky step"… But the Soc.-Dems. stand firmly on legal ground, since Art. 75 of the constitution gives the right to demand a referendum if 1/10 of all voters declare for it, and the S.-D.s have that number, and more than enough.