Is the path to the EU possible or not? The constitutional expert explains the situation
A nationwide petition drive for a referendum on EU membership began on September 16.
Within 60 days, until November 14, the initiative group must collect 50,000 signatures for the issue of the referendum on joining the EU to be included in the agenda of the National Assembly.
Constitutional expert Vardan Ayvazyan provided clarifications on this issue.
Holding such a referendum is only possible if Armenia has negotiated with the EU and agreements have been reached on accepting Armenia into the European Union. According to our Constitution, a referendum is possible only when the question of Armenia’s membership is put to a vote, and, as I mentioned earlier, this cannot be done until such an agreement with the EU is in place, — the constitutional expert noted.