Sentences with phrase «as social democrats»

He said as social democrats the government can not relent on its effort to provide greater access to social services and infrastructure to the most vulnerable in the societies.

«As social democrats, the NDC believes that it is the duty of the Government to pull the marginalized, disadvantaged and the poor into the mainstream of the socio - economic order.

Anne - Marie McNally was selected as the Social Democrats candidate for the Dublin Mid West constituency at a selection convention in Lucan on 10th July 2017.

Cian O'Callaghan was selected as the Social Democrats candidate for the Dublin Bay North constituency at a selection convention in Fairview on 4th July 2017.

Garry Gannon was selected as the Social Democrats candidate for the Dublin Central constituency at a selection convention on 3rd August 2017.

The Tories have shown that they can't win outright as social democrats.

As Social Democrats, we fully associate with the struggles and aspirations of all Ghanaian workers as we mark this important world - wide occasion.

But in Germany the labor movement remains strong, and on workplace issues the mainstream political parties, the Christian Democrats as well as the Social Democrats, are well to the left of their American and British counterparts.

As Social Democrat, Gustav Heinemann of West Germany, a prominent lay Christian, said: «Christ did not die against Karl Marx.

It confirmed me as a libertarian as well as a social democrat.

Charles Kennedy, who had been elected as a Social Democrat, eventually became leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Not exact matches

Germany's fellow euro zone members are unlikely to welcome the spending blueprint either, as they had hoped the Social Democrats, part of Germany's governing coalition, would steer the EU's economic powerhouse away from austerity.

Martin Schulz, the head of Merkel's current junior coalition partner, the Social Democrats (SPD), also laid into the auto industry on the weekend, slamming «irresponsible managers» that have not invested in electric cars as they should.

«If Mr. Trump is unable to reverse the trend towards increasing social polarization, U.S. democracy will be at greater risk of further deterioration,» the EIU said in its report, referring to the extreme divides between Republicans and Democrats on issues such as immigration and environmental regulation.

«We will fight to defend them because they are about the health and economic security of America's working families, and we will not use Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security as an ATM machine for the Republicans to give tax breaks to their wealthy friends and corporate America,» House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said at her year - end press conference, signaling that Democrats would not support cuts to Social Security and other entitlements.

Many in Silicon Valley gravitate toward Democrats, because the party is seen as more in sync with the tech community on social issues such as gay marriage.

Embattled former European Parliament President Martin Schulz has resigned as the head of Germany's Social Democrats.

New Democrats feel their best shot at re-election cuts a straight path through Kenney's social values, policies and past comments against same - sex marriage and abortion, as well as his more recent comments that parents ought to be informed that their kids are in school gay - straight alliances.

Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's long - term partner in Berkshire - Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), usually offers a counter to Buffett's social democrat policy recommendations, such as higher progressive taxes.

So, if a Gang of Eight - style bill passes, we will get political trench warfare in which the Democrats will treat those who get amnesty as future citizens of a social democratic America and Republicans will treat them as bipedal automatons for benefit of the entrepreneurs who «built that.»

It may sound simplistic to describe Democrats as the party that wants to tax the rich and help the poor, and Republicans as the party that wants to keep taxes and social spending as low as possible.

Neo-liberalism had begun by pointing out social - democracy as its main enemy in the advanced capitalist countries, which provoked a reaction of hostility from social - democrat forces.

Democrats with conservative positions on social issues such as abortion continue to disappear from Congress.

Economic security is indeed important to Americans and they tend to prefer Democrats on the issue, as polling results on items such as health care and social security regularly confirm.

A dedicated social democrat, he once famously referred to the communists as «red painted fascists.»

Against this backdrop, many social democrats — still desperate to haunt the «house of power» (Weber, 1991, 194)-- have begun to position themselves as the left wing of austerity.

For social democrats, it will also mean becoming — for the very first time in their conformist history — a political force willing to be as radical as reality itself.

Sir Alan writes of the two major political events to occur during his time as Berwick MP; the merger with the Social Democrat Party in 1988 and the talks between Paddy Ashdown and Tony Blair over a possible Lib - Lab coalition.

Social democrats first entered government in the inter-war period, «largely as temporary shock - absorbers in the great European turbulence that followed the Armistice» (Anderson, 1992, 308).

Social democrats in Europe are the heirs of a pluralist tradition encapsulated by Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, Thomas Paine and Pierre - Joseph Proudhon which champions the diffusion of property rights and economic control, spreading power as widely as possible.

This, in turn, helped the Social Democrats take over as the majority party in 1969, putting an end to 20 years of Christian Democratic dominance.

Politically, we will need to find points of agreement which bring together egalitarians, liberal republicans and social democrats, so as to build a powerful reform coalition.

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For social democrats, it means reflecting on how institutional forms can be entrenched within the fabric of society, rather than swept away immediately in the wake of electoral defeat as may be the fate of Labour's social reforms in the United Kingdom.

As late as 1994, in fact, the Social Democrats won 45.3 percent of the votAs late as 1994, in fact, the Social Democrats won 45.3 percent of the votas 1994, in fact, the Social Democrats won 45.3 percent of the vote.

Therefore, despite describing himself as «a European social - democrat who takes inequality very seriously», Miliband has witnessed and even promoted the rise of a number of ideological sensibilities.

While the Hollande wish to re-open the treaty is worrying the German government, the leader of the German Social - Democrats, Sigmar Gabriel, is doing his best to give as much support as possible to Hollande.

The government's controversial health and social care bill came under even more scrutiny today as Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords requested sweeping changes to the legislation.

Yes, I did have John Denham in mind as a «reciprocity social democrats».

The cause of addressing this has been taken up by social democrats, notably Owen Jones, but how far has it struck a chord with new protest movements such as Occupy?

There might be one group around relatively communitarian «reciprocity social democrats» who are less rooted in market scepticism as their way into it than your left communitarians.

The AfD could end up as the biggest opposition force in the national assembly if there is a re-run of the current coalition of Merkel's conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD)-- one of the most likely scenarios.

The party has merely been posturing as progessive social democrats whilst acting like second rate Conservatives.

And influential think - tanks such as the Resolution Foundation and the Social Market Foundation are now giving credence to the idea that the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party may have more credible post-2015 deficit reduction strategies than a majority Conservative government.

Like all Liberal Democrats, the Social Liberal Forum is very proud of our party's uniquely democratic approach to policy making and as we enter the run up to the 2014 and 2015 elections, we look forward to further statements from our ministers in government that set out clear ideological differences between us and the Tory Party.

By SLF Co-Chair Gareth Epps It's not just social Liberals and those Liberal Democrats least comfortable with the coalition that have expressed dismay at the proposal that has become known as «shares for rights».

If social democrats step back from their own national focus and look at the bigger picture, they will realize just how vulnerable and ideologically staid European social democracy as a political movement currently is.»

I'd call myself a pro-European social democrat, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't acknowledge the front runners for the Labour leadership as such.

The Social Liberal Forum say «It is heartening to see policies that we as Liberal Democrats have long campaigned for being delivered: the Pupil Premium, the universality of most welfare payments, the creation of a Green Investment Bank, Regional Growth Funds and the protection of spending for schools, the NHS, international development and science.

There was a social media component as well, with Democrats use a Snapchat filter to highlight their dissatisfaction.