Sentences with phrase «brussels technocrats»

The absence of a Common Core management mechanism for the long term — for the standards and especially for the assessments — is a problem and creates a vacuum that the «Brussels technocrats» may well be tempted to fill.

They worry especially that the U.S. equivalent of «Brussels technocrats» (i.e. Uncle Sam) will end up taking over — and they're mindful that no durable governance mechanism yet exists for maintaining the Common Core, managing the new assessments over time, keeping it all voluntary while keeping the states in charge.

Not exact matches

To «go to Brussels» is basically, to go sit at the feet of technocrats, and maybe to later sip fancy martinis with them in the euro - disco nightclub.

This might be the reason why technocrats in Brussels, German politicians and German newspapers in particular are not able to comprehend how the current situation affects Greek national spirit, citizens and families and hurts their pride beyond imagination.

They use scary language akin to the New York Times correspondent describing the major changes in treaties and governance that Merkel and Sarkozy hope the entire EU will agree to: «The changes... would effectively subordinate economic sovereignty to collective discipline enforced by European technocrats in Brussels.»