Sentences with phrase «members of the coalition government»

On a lighter note, here are questions from the master's quiz, that briefly held up the starters: «Which member of the coalition government last held offi ce in 1983?»

Now Russia is preparing a charm offensive for William Hague as the foreign secretary makes the first visit to Moscow by a member of the coalition government.

The members of this Coalition Government pride themselves on being the great de-centralisers and have proposed a series of measures to amend or scrap intrusive domestic legislation.

Not exact matches

He continued later: «If their priority is attacking the moderate opposition that might be future members of an inclusive Syrian government, Russia is not going to get the support of us or a range of other members of the coalition.»

A member of the German liberal party blamed the country's Socialist Party for the recent collapse in coalition talks to form a new government.

Grassroots members of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) decisively backed the party's decision to enter into another «grand coalition» government with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), thus bringing to an end months of uncertainty following September's general election.

Moderator: Dr. Robert Campbell, President, Mount Allison University Panel: Dr. Alaa Abd - El - Aziz, President, University of Prince Edward Island Saeed El - Darahali, President and CEO, SimplyCast and Member, One Nova Scotia coalition Charles Ayles, Assistant Deputy Minister, Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, Population Growth Division, Government of New Brunswick

In fact, 22 of the 28 actions the Government references are a direct result the collective efforts of CME, the Canadian Manufacturing Coalition and our members, of whom several are quoted throughout the document.

Not only does it have the youngest prime minister in almost 200 years and the first peacetime coalition government in nearly 70, it has the first Muslim woman to be a full member of the Cabinet.

In 1989, the attempt by one of these coalition governments to placate lowcaste discontent through affirmative action - for example, reserving a portion of government jobs for members of these castes - angered and alienated many upper - caste and middleclass Hindus.

Six additional business leaders, government ministers, and global institution executives join 35 - member coalition to increase political and social momentum to achieve Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

And don't members of the US - led coalition, who cite the «collective self - defense» of Iraq (the Iraqi government has formally made this request), have the right to prevent further ISIS attacks from Syrian territory into Iraqi areas?

Sen. Malcolm Smith's desire to join forces with the Independent Democratic Conference and bolster its members» effort to form a coalition government with the Republicans makes a lot of sense — from his standpoint, at least.

We the members of the Coalition of Newly Recruited Graduate Teachers wish to express our disappointment and discontent in the government over the non-payment of our salary arrears and delay in payment of salaries for the month of April 2017.

We can compare this performance with Conservative aims to cut the cost of politics (as opposed to government) by reducing the numbers of members of both Houses of Parliament, and the Coalition's promise to «cut the perks and bureaucracy associated with Parliament» (Coalition Agreement, 2010, p. 27).

They organised strikes, street protests in the 1910s and 1920s, they first gained power as a coalition member in 1924, and (after a couple of splits and a period in a national government during the war) gain power in 1945.

Members of the public could block council tax increases under proposals unveiled by the coalition government.

It is why Britain is a leading member — alongside the United States — of the coalition working successfully to defeat Daesh; why we have agreed to send 800 troops to Estonia and Poland as part of NATO's forward presence in eastern Europe; why we are increasing our troop contribution to NATO's Resolute Support mission that defends the Afghan government from terrorism; and it is why we are reinforcing our commitment to peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, South Sudan and Somalia.

was a member of the smallest minor party in a coalition government, the country faced the existential crisis to end them all as war raged across Europe.

On Monday, members of the New York Leadership for Accountable Government — a bipartisan coalition of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders dedicated to reforming elections laws in the state — delivered an open letter to the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

Following the general election of 2010, the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservatives, resulting in party leader Nick Clegg becoming the Deputy Prime minister and many other members becoming ministers.

Meanwhile, the Scottish National Party and the Democratic Unionist Party are taken seriously by journalists as potential members of a future coalition government.

In the ACT Legislative Assembly, where Labor governs in coalition with the Greens, and the Government controls 9 seats out of 17, the Speaker, Vicki Dunne, is actually a member of the Opposition.

Following the submission today of the NASUWT response to the Department for Education consultation on «Proposed Increases to Contributions for Members of the Teachers» Pension Scheme», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The Coalition Government should tell the public the truth about why it is seeking to raid the pensions of millions of ordinary public service workers and why it is taxing public sector workers who are acting responsibly by trying to save for their retirement.

One of the shadow cabinet's most thoughtful members suggested to me that the chances of a Lib - Lab coalition winning a referendum on PR were so slim, and the scale of the difficulties facing the next government so great, that it might be worth leaving them to face the music.

As the Executive Committee of the Rockland County Democratic Committee we were disappointed to read last week that you and the other members of the IDC would be forming a coalition government with Dean Skelos and the Republican Conference.

The IDC has acted as something of a coalition - style government with Senate Republicans and has grown to eight members.

If there is to be a coalition government then it will need more than anything else the support of Conservative Party members.

Until Tuesday, he was chairman of the Independent Democratic Conference, whose members defected from the Democratic Conference last year to form a coalition government with Senate Republicans.

Speaker Watt who was elected Speaker in 1923, was not a member of the governing coalition parties, but was a member of a party which supported the Government and was the governing parties» nominee for the position of Speaker.20

There are several lessons we must learn not just from the negotiations in May 2010 (for which Labour were unprepared) but also from relations between the two parties in the coalition and the continuing impact of coalition government on their members.

Speaker Scholes continued in the Chair for the remainder of the sitting under the new Government, 24 and remained as «deemed» Presiding Officer, under the Presiding Officers Act, until Speaker Snedden, who was a member of the governing coalition parties, was elected when the next Parliament met on 17 February 1976.25

Senior policymakers and grassroots members are furious about the Lib Dem leader's plan to stake out a middle ground «equidistant» from Labour and the Tories to boost the chances of another coalition government...

While acknowledging the fact that the June 12 struggle was waged not only by Abiola and members of his family but also pro-democracy groups particularly National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), students, trade unions and indeed all Nigerians, Governor Ambode said it was a thing of joy that by the collective efforts of government and people, Lagos State, over the years, has kept alive the yearnings and aspirations of the people expressed on June 12, 1993.

So, their theoretic policy aspirations which could be imposed on left wing coalition members are a much more concerning threat to the left than Muslims for whom control of the government is not a viable possibility in these places.

This is the UK, so of course there is no formal rule, but based on the 2010 coalition government between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, we would expect a full formal coalition to produce a cabinet containing members of both parties, all acting under the convention of collective responsibility.

Over half of members of parliament's upper House said they believed the government's legislation should «not proceed», a poll by ComRes for the Coalition for Marriage group found.

The group said because those claiming to be members of a coalition against the government of Governor Rauf Aregbesola have lost face in the state they have perfected a plan to seek relevance giving false impression of planned protest.

Twenty - two per cent of members believe a Liberal - Labour coalition will win in 2015, while 20 % believe Labour will secure a majority in its own right and 11 % expect a minority Labour government.

Attlee and Churchill quickly agreed that the War Cabinet would consist of three Conservatives (initially Churchill, Chamberlain and Lord Halifax) and two Labour members (initially himself and Arthur Greenwood) and that Labour should have slightly more than one third of the posts in the coalition government.

To deal with situations in parliamentary systems where no clear majority to support a government exists, two or more parties may establish a formal coalition government, commanding a clear majority of the parliamentary members, or a party might enter into less formal alliances or agreements with other parties, or individual members, to allow the minority government to stay in office.

The coalition made the claim while calling on all serving governors, Senators, House of Representatives members, Ministers, Ambassadors from the South East to immediately join the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu to form a Biafra government.

During the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition government from 2010 — 2015, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, as a member of the government, did not ask questions during PMQs.

Such categorisation would avoid some of the embarrassments for Liberal Democrats which have arisen over the past three years, many arising from Nick Clegg's naïve assertion that the coalition members must «own» all that the government does.

At the opening of the edition, presenter David Dimbleby said that the new Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition would not allow a front bench member of the government to appear on the show unless Campbell was dropped.

The top - secret plan would eliminate the need for Republicans to make a deal with the four - member Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) led by Sen. Jeff Klein of The Bronx, who has strongly suggested he'll help keep the GOP in power through an unprecedented «coalition government» arrangement.

It was the first coalition government in the UK since the Churchill war ministry and was led by Cameron with Clegg as Deputy, composed of members of both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.

Mr. Nellis is also a former president of the Association of Erie County Governments, and founder and current member of the South Towns Coalition for Community Enhancement.

«We applaud Speaker Heastie and Assembly Member De La Rosa for taking action for Dreamers, while the federal government holds them for ransom,» said Steve Choi, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC).

The other members of the earmark - reform coalition are the watchdog groups Citizens Against Government Waste, Taxpayers for Common Sense and Public Citizen.