Saar status referendum of 1955

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The Saar status referendum of 1955 was a post–World War II plebiscite in which the population of the Saar region voted on its political future, ultimately rejecting a proposed Europeanized status and paving the way for Saarland’s accession to West Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf plebiscite ⓘ
political event ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
aim to approve or reject the European Saar Statute ⓘ
to decide the future international status of the Saar ⓘ
alternativeOutcomeIfApproved Saar would become a European territory under Western European Union control ⓘ
alternativeOutcomeIfRejected opening negotiations for Saar’s integration into West Germany ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Saar Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: Saarland
date 23 October 1955 ⓘ
electorate eligible voters in the Saar Protectorate ⓘ
followedBy Saar Treaty ⓘ
Saarland accession to the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Saarland’s political integration into West Germany ⓘ
historicalContext French administration of the Saar ⓘ
post–World War II occupation of Germany ⓘ
language French ⓘ
German ⓘ
leadsTo Saarland becoming a state of West Germany on 1 January 1957 ⓘ
location Saar region ⓘ
linked to: Saarland

Saarland ⓘ
opposedBy pro-German parties in the Saar ⓘ
organizedBy Government of the Saar Protectorate ⓘ
partOf Cold War history of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

post–World War II European settlement ⓘ
proposedStatus European territory under Western European Union auspices ⓘ
Europeanized Saar under partial international control ⓘ
relatedTo European integration ⓘ
Franco–German relations ⓘ
Paris Agreements ⓘ
Saar Statute ⓘ
result paving the way for Saarland’s accession to the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
rejection of proposed Europeanized status ⓘ
rejection of the Saar Statute ⓘ
significance example of self-determination in postwar Europe ⓘ
important episode in Franco–German reconciliation ⓘ
key step in the territorial consolidation of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject European Saar Statute ⓘ
political status of the Saar ⓘ
supervisingBody Council of Europe ⓘ
Western European Union ⓘ
supportedBy French government ⓘ
Saar government under Johannes Hoffmann ⓘ
turnout approximately 96 percent ⓘ
votesAgainstPercentage approximately 67.7 percent ⓘ
votesForPercentage approximately 32.3 percent ⓘ
year 1955 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saarland → historicalEvent → Saar status referendum of 1955 ⓘ
Saar status referendum of 1955 → subject → European Saar Statute ⓘ
linked to: Saar status referendum of 1955
Saar status referendum of 1955 → alternativeOutcomeIfApproved → Saar would become a European territory under Western European Union control ⓘ
linked to: Saar status referendum of 1955
Saar Statute → wasSubjectOf → 1955 Saar status referendum ⓘ
linked to: Saar status referendum of 1955
Saar Statute → relatedTo → Saar status referendum ⓘ
linked to: Saar status referendum of 1955
Saar Treaty → relatedToEvent → Saar Statute referendum of 1955 ⓘ
linked to: Saar status referendum of 1955
Saar government under Johannes Hoffmann → significantEvent → Saar Statute referendum (1955) ⓘ
linked to: Saar status referendum of 1955
Government of the Saar Protectorate → significantEvent → Saar Statute referendum of 23 October 1955 ⓘ
linked to: Saar status referendum of 1955