A referendum called by opposition parties in Macedonia to revoke critical, EU-backed decentralisation legislation failed Sunday due to low voter turnout. Sunday's (7 November) referendum on Macedonia's new decentralisation laws failed due to insufficient turnout. [Tomislav Georgiev] A referendum seeking to block decentralisation reforms in Macedonia failed Sunday (7 November) due to low turnout. According to provisional results announced by the State Election Commission, only 436,202 (26.24 per cent) out of 1,709,536 eligible voters went to the polls. Around 855,000 voters needed to cast ballots for the referendum to be successful. The decentralisation legislation is a critical final element of...