Sentences with phrase «coalition ministers in»

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France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

That has cranked up pressure on Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi to resolve a political crisis or risk losing control of parts of Baghdad even as the military wages a counter-offensive against Islamic State in Iraq's north and west with the help of a U.S. - led coalition.

A political source in the Catholics - to - communists ruling coalition expected Prodi to survive the ordeal but said D'Alema, who is also deputy prime minister, would likely resign as foreign minister.

«Our base - case assumption is status quo: the Prime Minister and (ruling coalition parties) Barisan Nasional remain in power until the next general election in 2018,» Deutsche Bank said.

The spending review by Prime Minister David Cameron's coalition government probably dampened spirits down in Davy Jones» locker.

He has been forced to operate like a prime minister in a coalition government, pleading for consensus from powerful ministers — such as combustible news head Matt Winkler and terminal boss Tom Secunda — who control resources and decide whether they'll allow anything to get done.

Still, there was degree of complacency in markets that the polls, which had shown a Bersani - Monti coalition, would be able to gain control,» said Westpac Bank's senior currency strategist Sean Callow, referring to center - left leader Pier Luigi Bersani and Mario Monti, the outgoing prime minister who leads a centrist alliance.

In November 2008, within 48 hours after Flaherty's fall update sparked an opposition attempt to form a coalition that could take power from the Conservatives, Harper had sent his ministers to announce the cancellation of everything in the update that had upset the opposition — party financing, pay equity and morIn November 2008, within 48 hours after Flaherty's fall update sparked an opposition attempt to form a coalition that could take power from the Conservatives, Harper had sent his ministers to announce the cancellation of everything in the update that had upset the opposition — party financing, pay equity and morin the update that had upset the opposition — party financing, pay equity and more.

Officials in the governing coalition have hailed the German finance minister's trip, following an invitation from his counterpart, Yannis Stournaras, as further proof that Greece is on the road to recovery.

The coalition of business associations is urging Ottawa to refrain from issuing an order, however, which was last used in 2013 - 14 by former prime minister Stephen Harper when grain shipments were similarly backlogged.

In a letter obtained by the Financial Post Tuesday, a coalition of seven business associations urged Transportation Minister Marc Garneau to instead focus on Bill C - 49, the sweeping Transportation Modernization Act currently making its way through the Senate.

In 1997, HD Deve Gowda, then head of a weak, eight - month - old coalition government, had assured the world of the reforms road that India had committed itself to — his speech was to be followed within a month by Finance Minister P Chidambaram's pathbreaking «Dream Budget», which set an enduring benchmark for economic reforms and liberalisation.

For the past six months, New Democracy and PASOK have been uneasy bedfellows in a coalition government cobbled together under technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos.

On the heels of a failed snap election in an effort to build a bigger majority and a personal mandate, Theresa May, the British Prime Minister, now faces the though job of trying to forge a coalition deal to stay in power.

Prime Minister Najib Razak was the best thing going for the ruling coalition in Malaysia's last elections, but he's a hindrance this time because of financial scandals and government policies blamed for a rising cost of living.

In October, the Latvian people voted in a coalition headed by the incumbent prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis, whose government had savaged social benefits, cut pay and inflated unemployment in 200In October, the Latvian people voted in a coalition headed by the incumbent prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis, whose government had savaged social benefits, cut pay and inflated unemployment in 200in a coalition headed by the incumbent prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis, whose government had savaged social benefits, cut pay and inflated unemployment in 200in 2009.

When the Alberta government released its Climate Leadership plan in November 2015, I said that Premier Rachel Notley and Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips had made pigs fly by uniting a coalition of industry leaders and environmental leaders in our province.

In previous German governing coalitions, the country's finance minister has traditionally been provided by the second - largest party in the coalition — in the current negotiations, the FDP — so there was also speculation that prevailing German political opinion was likely to become more resistant to any future proposals from fellow EU members to reform the region's financial markets through a mutual underwriting of eurozone debIn previous German governing coalitions, the country's finance minister has traditionally been provided by the second - largest party in the coalition — in the current negotiations, the FDP — so there was also speculation that prevailing German political opinion was likely to become more resistant to any future proposals from fellow EU members to reform the region's financial markets through a mutual underwriting of eurozone debin the coalition — in the current negotiations, the FDP — so there was also speculation that prevailing German political opinion was likely to become more resistant to any future proposals from fellow EU members to reform the region's financial markets through a mutual underwriting of eurozone debin the current negotiations, the FDP — so there was also speculation that prevailing German political opinion was likely to become more resistant to any future proposals from fellow EU members to reform the region's financial markets through a mutual underwriting of eurozone debt.

And the PDAC is doing its best to ensure juniors don't get overlooked in the fray of politics on the Hill — which almost saw Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government toppled by an opposition coalition in December.

Malaysia's longest - serving prime minister withdrew his support for Najib after the Barisan Nasional coalition fell short of a majority in 2013 elections.

A coalition government headed by Prime Minister Necmettin Erbaken is, according to his opponents, leading Turkey in a «dangerously religious» direction.

Given that Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's ruling Liberal - National Coalition has consistently stated it wants to hold a referendum on the issue rather than pass it in parliament, it's unlikely a change in marriage law will now happen for the foreseeable future.

One wonders how far Mr Cameron will go in order to find nuggets of pleasing news to throw to his coalition partners, in this case the Lib - Dem «Equalities Minister», Lynne Featherstone.

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.

SHADOW Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon wants the banks and federal Coalition government to intervene on the «extraordinary» dairy crisis in southern Australia to provide debt - relief assistance to help farmers sleep at night.

Assistant Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Luke Hartsuyker announced today two more recipients of the $ 5 million Leadership in Agricultural Industries Fund that was first revealed in last year's Coalition farm election policy package.

Champions 12.3, a coalition of 30 CEOs, government ministers, executives of research institutions, farmer organisations and civil society groups, was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos and aims to accelerate progress toward meeting target 12.3 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which seeks to halve per capita food waste by 2030.

Labor first proposed the idea of an inspector - general for animal welfare in 2013, but former agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce dumped it when the Coalition came to power.

General election 1945Clement Atlee's landslide victory in July 1945 came as a complete surprise to the Conservatives who were hoping to capitalise on Winston Churchill's hugely successful period as Britain's wartime coalition prime minister.

In the first major act of rebellion at the autumn conference voters clearly rejected schools minister Sarah Teather's attempt to water down a motion stating that «conference is concerned by the establishment of academies and free schools under coalition government policy».

«The decision to go to war in Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power in a coalition of over 40 countries led by the USA, was the hardest, most momentous, most agonising decision I took in 10 years as British prime minister.

As mischievous and calculating as ever, the Dark Lord is telling his old friend the Prime Minister to play hard to get with Nick Clegg in secret coalition talks.

The coalition's NHS reforms are facing further scrutiny from the Lords this week, in what is set to be another severe test for ministers.

Norman Lamb: Liberal Democrat MP and former health minister in the coalition government was the only MP to speak.

The Former Deputy Local Government Minister and Rural Development in the Kufuor administration had described as ridiculous the call by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) on president - elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, to restore teacher trainee allowances within its first 100 days in office.

He was Minister without Portfolio in Lloyd George's wartime coalition.

In parliamentary systems, that compromise is often made by politicians after elections, when they form coalitions to choose a prime minister.

In my speech today and a second from the Prime Minister, at a date to be confirmed, we will set out the two animating purposes of this Coalition Government.

My job was to go out and defend and speak forcefully and hopefully effectively on behalf of what all of our ministers were doing and defend their case in a way that perhaps they couldn't because they had to defend a more compromised coalition line... So my take is that I've gone out and got my hands dirty doing exactly that.»

David Laws was a Liberal Democrat minister in the Coalition government and has already published a well received book Coalition.

«Because you don't want to be in a situation where you no longer have a majority, you can't control confidence in the House of Commons and the other party can take over... The prime minister might then call a general election in order to avoid being in a situation in which she's potentially yielding power without a general election to a coalition of Tory opponents.»

The deputy prime minister vowed to continue on in government, despite the obvious implications of the announcement for the coalition.

«I think the reason we have an honours list is because over a period of government, particularly a difficult government in a coalition, a prime minister has to cajole and get the support of a number of people and he builds up a debt of honour and I think that frankly, an honours list is a relatively light way of paying it off.

Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, celebrated a historic victory today after his right - wing Fidesz / Christian Democrat coalition retained its two - thirds majority in the Hungarian Parliament, winning 133 out of 199 seats.

In the meantime, the deputy prime minister will couple his assault on Labour with that repetition of the coalition's austerity defence.

A Conservative backbencher's call for his party to end the coalition triggered uproar in prime minister's questions this lunchtime.

Similarly, in his remarks to the Commons on 20 March 2011, Prime Minister David Cameron argued that coalition forces had a «just cause» to use force.

It was in the coalition agreement that the Liberal Democrats would be permitted to look at alternatives to the «continuous at - sea deterrent», which the prime minister's spokesperson insisted yesterday ministers are completely committed to.

It will be a choice between strong and stable leadership in the national interest, with me as your Prime Minister, or weak and unstable coalition government led by Jeremy Corbyn, propped up by the Liberal Democrats, who want to re-open the divisions of the referendum, and Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP.

Another minister in the Coalition said grandiosely that the reforms and cuts proposed presented a «unique opportunity to redefine the horizon of expectations» of the British people.