But on Wednesday a spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry rejected such calls following a meeting of outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet. (politics.co.uk)
At present, Hungary is bound by more than $ 20 billion of loan obligations to the European Union, World Bank and International Monetary Fund - loans conditionalised on the basis of the country committing to a austerity programme which has been implemented by outgoing Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai and his predecessor Ferenc Gyurcsany. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
That's a major reversal of the position taken by outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who said he «delighted» in refusing all federal co-operation with the ORPP, something he described as a job - killing payroll tax. (moneysense.ca)