RIGA (Sputnik) — According to the social initiatives web site manabals.lv, if the initiative gains 10,000 signatures, the Latvian parliament will have to consider the issue of holding a referendum on EU membership.
On June 23, the United Kingdom held a referendum to determine whether or not the country should leave the European Union. According to the final results, 51.9 percent of voters, or 17.4 million people, decided to support Brexit, while about 16.1 million opposed it.
Latvia joined the European Union in 2004.
