Sentences with phrase «european national governments»

European national governments also provided subsidies for roadways, but typically at a lower level or for shorter periods of time.

That accounting trick is allowing European national governments and their energy sectors to pump tens of millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the air every year — without accounting for it.

Not exact matches

He said that part of his administration — over which he officially has no authority after it was taken over by the Spanish national government — will now function from Brussels, the centre of the European Union.

But at the present stage of European integration, it may be difficult for any European government to put into legislation many of the sentiments espoused by nationalist parties, such as immigration reform, opposition to economic integration or the protection of what they see as their national culture.

Secondly, Europe is slowly trying to define a joint position on Chinese FDI, although the European Commission had to compromise on a non-binding arrangement giving guidelines to national governments on FDI in sensitive fields.

Instead, most of the credit seems to go to the European Central Bank, which in late December under its new president, Mario Draghi, quietly began providing emergency loans to European banks — hundreds of billions of dollars of almost interest - free capital that the banks have used to come to the rescue of their national governments.

Currently, more than half of the European Union's 28 member states do not have any screening mechanism in place at the national level.22 Meanwhile in in July 2017, Germany adopted an amendment to the German Foreign Trade Regulation to allow the German government to screen and ultimately block a wider range of foreign takeovers.23

But unlike Europeans, Canadians have not had national governments willing to reflect their views in legislation.

In its paper, the BPP Group raises a number of concerns regarding the hard regulatory approach suggested by the Directive proposals and calls upon the European Commission, Parliament and national governments to support the proportionate, principles - based approach to service supplier oversight overwhelmingly supported by shareholders that is embodied in the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research & Analysis, stating that «unwarranted or disproportionate legislation may inhibit the provision of independent information and services that assist investors in the exercise of the very rights and responsibilities that the Directive aims to foster and support.»

European Parliament made the same declaration earlier this year however the British government has been reluctant to make the same call, saying it is for other international bodies to make such a resolution and not them as an individual national government.

The news this week of further Brexit wrangling in Parliament, complemented by the bungling of the foreign secretary in matters dealing with a British national presently in prison in Iran, don't really fill one with hope about how smoothly the transition to life outside the European Union will go for the United Kingdom, in light of the current government.

On the off chance that that existed, a Jeremy Corbyn - drove organization may choose to attempt to get British wellbeing spending move down to the European normal as an offer of total national output, as Tony Blair's Labor government did in the 2000s.

Unfortunately, too many MEPs voted against improving the regulations further when they had the chance, so follow - on formula advertising will continue in the European Union, except where national governments take action.

Coalitions need to be made with German support, in which its government, as all the others in Europe, has to focus on the national political implication of each European policy - shift.

If the European Council, after consulting the European Parliament and the Commission, adopts by a simple majority a decision in favour of examining the proposed amendments, the President of the European Council shall convene a Convention composed of representatives of the national Parliaments, of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, of the European Parliament and of the Commission.

Essentially, democratic accountability in the EU is ensured through two main channels: on the one hand, the elected government leaders in the Council and national parliaments; and on the other, the directly elected European Parliament.

Alan Tyrrell, national employment chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), added: «The government can not afford to sell - out the interests of small firms to simply mollify other European Union member states.

It stands to reason that the EP's latest attempts to boost its image and stature among European citizens is at odds with these latest developments, and it is not entirely clear at this point how national parliaments and governments can accommodate this tension.

The draft «Brighton declaration», distributed to the 46 signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights, contains a series of measures which seek to hand back more powers to national governments.

Two leading scholars, Wallace and Smith, once described the European Union as an «enlightened administration on behalf of uninformed publics, in cooperation with affected interests and subject to the approval of national governments.»

My point is not that national governments can and should ignore their European commitments.

National governments around Europe, including HMG, will be briefing the press, European officials will be briefing the press, and Members of the European Parliament will be briefing the press, on and off the record.

a) Standing Orders for the National Council; b) Standing Orders for the National Council Executive; c) Standing Orders and rules for Branches and Area Councils; d) financial rules; e) rules for the selection of the National Council f) rules for the selection of Westminster Parliamentary candidates; g) rules for the selection of local government candidates; h) rules for the selection of European Parliamentary candidates; and i) rules for the selection of House of Lords candidates.

Along all these dimensions, it is as if the weakening of national sovereignties had been accompanied by a mirage, namely the promise of the eventual birth of an effective European government.

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Juncker spent the months since the European elections in May 2014 negotiating with national governments, political parties, and candidates until in September the Brussels rumour - mill ground to a halt with the announcement of the proposed Juncker Commission.

A European federation would require both the overcoming of national sovereignties and the creation of a common government.

The recently deceased Denis Healey once argued, «No Socialist Party with the prospect of forming a government could accept a system by which important fields of national policy were surrendered to a supranational European representative authority».

Passed at a recent international conference, held by St Dunstan's and the European Blind Union and presented to the European Commission and European Disability Forum in Brussels, the Resolution urges national governments to promote the full participation of people with a visual impairment in all aspects of art and culture.

The office of member of the European parliament is also incompatible with a number of other functions, including being a member of a national government.

«Labour MP and former Minister Malcolm Wicks dies Main Leader of Tory MEPs condemns European Commission for demanding extra # 8billion funding from national governments»

Another group of people who operate as a semi-sovereign society in the shadow of national governments of the European Romani people (a.k.a. Gypsies).

But many MPs saw it as a case of a European body overriding the decision of the British government, especially as Qatada's continued presence in the UK was seen as a national security threat.

This would immediately end the European Court of Justice's control over national security and allow the Government to remove EU citizens «whose presence is not conducive to the public good».

He focused on Europe and after reiterating the party's promise to hold a referendum on the draft EU Treaty he also promised to amend the 1972 European Communities Act «so that if any future government agrees any treaty that transfers further competences from Britain to the EU a national referendum before it could be ratified would be required by law.»

A 1980 analysis by Karlheinz Reif and Hermann Schmitt concluded that European elections were fought on national issues and used by voters to punish their governments mid-term, making European Parliament elections de facto national elections of second rank.

Professor of Political Science at Cardiff University, Roger Scully, said people treat European elections to a large extent as «opinion polls on the national government of the day, or as an opportunity for an anti-EU protest vote».

The new MEPs will be «elected» on the basis of the first - placed unsuccessful candidate at the 2009 European elections and will officially sit as «observers» in the Parliament without the right to vote (but with the ability to speak and attend committee meetings) until a complex legal protocol is ratified by national governments - expected to coincide with Croatia's accession to the European Union in 2011.

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said he expected a government of national unity — one without any mandate whatsoever — to be installed with all the off - hand arrogance of an emperor.

The report adds: «It seems to us indefensible that the Westminster parliament is denied access to the draft conclusions when some other national parliaments are provided with the draft conclusions by their governments and have the opportunity to question ministers about them before the meeting of the European Council.»

This was evidenced from the start, when the European Central Bank was given power over national governments.

Italian voters head to the polls next spring to elect a new national government, but if Sicily is a preview of Italian politics to come, then Italy and the European Union are in for a rough ride.

Baroness Taylor, the chairman of the Lords committee, was leader of the Commons when the Blair government ratified the Amsterdam Treaty that transferred powers from national governments to the European Parliament

A Labour government will make it a criminal offence to use low - skilled European workers to undercut local workers and businesses, and change the rules so that more foreign national criminals are considered for deportation, the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.

This process could help scientists and governments comply with the European Council Directive 2011 / 70 / EURATOM on the «responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste» which requires EU Member States to establish a dedicated policy, including the implementation of national programmes for the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.

Among these studies are those by our National Academy of Sciences, SCOPE, a special U.K. government review of biofuels called the Gallagher Report, Dutch reviews, and studies by the Joint Research Centre of the European Union.

Many European consumers and national governments have voiced strong concerns about GM foods, with sharp divisions across the bloc hampering regulatory decisions.

Most of the largest, often government, funders — for example, US National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Energy, HHMI, and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)-- sponsor early - career fellowships.

The research was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council, Ramaciotti Foundation, veski, the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Support Program, UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the European Research Council.

The money should come from industry, national governments and the European Commission, he said.