Sentences with phrase «conservative social democrats»

Portugal's conservative Social Democrats secured about 31 % of the vote.

Indeed, apart from a few biographical details, the similarities between the conservative social democrat and the free marketeer are few and far between.

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His remarks appeared aimed at the FDP and the Social Democrats (SPD), who on Monday ruled out renewing their «grand coalition» with the conservatives.

The centre - left Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel's current coalition partners who were the second - biggest party in the election, have ruled out a repeat of an alliance with her conservatives, who won the vote but were left with fewer seats.

The new party has yet to be named, but even so, a recent Gallup poll reported Stronach had 8 % of voter support, compared to 28 % for the governing Social Democrats (SPO), 21 % for its conservative coalition partner the People's Party (OVP), and 20 % for the opposition Freedom Party (FPO).

In his last major TV appearance before the German election, Social Democrats leader Martin Schulz has warned that Merkel's conservatives could erode social support sySocial Democrats leader Martin Schulz has warned that Merkel's conservatives could erode social support sysocial support systems.

And while the New Democrats are rightly celebrating the historic results that led to their first - ever chance at being official opposition and the hope that a social democratic government is within reach, the reality is that Canada will suffer four years of Conservative rule — at a minimum.

On Sunday, Germany's Social Democrats party voted overwhelmingly to form a coalition treaty with incumbent conservatives in order to usher in a new government.

It is too early to say whether the election will result in the continuation of the grand coalition between the conservatives and the social democrats, a revival of the conservative - liberal coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), or even a three - way coalition between the conservatives, the FDP, and the Green Party.

The two main contenders of the election are two centrists from the dominant center - right and center - left parties: conservative incumbent Angela Merkel and social democrat Martin Schulz.

«The Wildrose was not founded on political principles, like the fiscal conservatism of the Progressive Conservatives, or the social democracy of the New Democrats — but rather it was created, out of nothing, for the sole purpose of exerting political pressure on the PC government.»

Responding to popular pressure, Merkel's conservatives and their left - leaning Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners agreed on Thursday to tighten asylum rules, reaching a compromise on how to stem the influx of migrants.

But another «social conservative» or family / natalist guy, Allan Carlson, is big on saying that the Democrats were the more pro-family party through the Sixties.

Im not a democrat, and will not usually vote for one, but dam these social conservatives challenge me to do so every day.

And rightly so, for without a great deal of willingness from social conservatives to come out and vote in the national election, the Republican nominee has no chance of winning in November against the Democrats.

Either social conservatives will devise effective new political strategies now, in 2018, or the Republican party will turn against them, and Democrats will exercise their power more aggressively, unhampered by fears of opposition.

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

I've been a democrat for all of four months now, and what has surprised me the most is how passionately conservative evangelicals oppose social reforms that benefit the poor.

Best Headline: Bruce Reyes Chow with «10 Things This Liberal, Social Justice Christian, Progressive Democrat Has in Common with Conservative, Evangelical Christian, Tea Party Republicans» ``... At the core of our discourse should not be an obsession with winning the future, but our common yearning to discover where God is leading us.

Do they really think the public will go into the polling booth thinking «oh well I would vote for Labour but they can't be trusted on the economy, and I would vote for the Conservatives but they might deliver the wrong kind of recovery, so I think I will marry economic efficiency and social justice and vote for the Liberal Democrats instead»?

Conservatives have an in - built strategic advantage over social democrats in the current era of austerity, in which a pared - down neo-liberalism now appears shorn of no - longer - affordable social accoutrements.

The letter dovetails with what the IDC has long asserted in the Senate: Even with a workable Democratic majority of 32 members, the passage of a left - leaning agenda is not a guarantee given the conservative social views of some lawmakers, including Felder and Sen. Ruben Diaz, a Bronx Democrat.

The motion was brought forward jointly by the Conservative (CDU / CSU), Social Democrat (SPD), Liberal (FDP) and Green groups.

This fissure was particularly acute in France, where both the Social Democrats and the Conservatives were internally divided on whether to pass the new treaty or not.

Conservatives, Labour, and Liberal Democrats alike agreed to even stronger devolution than is now the case, with the now - permanent Scottish Parliament being given plenary powers regarding taxation and some important social issues, especially involving the operation of the modern welfare state.

Austria is currently ruled by a «grand coalition» of Social Democrats and the conservative People's Party.

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.

ANGIE BRAY MP: Nick Clegg is probably a better partner for the Conservatives because instinctively he is a Liberal rather than a Social Democrat and doesn't carry the Labour baggage Vince Cable does from the past — what he needs is a bit of spine - stiffening to remember that sometimes.

Perry's appearance wasn't lost on Democrats, who tied Astorino to some of Perry's conservative social positions.

Liberal Democrat insiders point to the fact that Kennedy and his supporters emerged from the SDP, the old Social Democratic breakaway party, but that in seeking to «break the mould» of British politics and merging with the Liberal to become the Liberal Democrats in the 1980s, never in their wildest dreams expected to end up supporting a minority Conservative Government intent on the most swingeing cuts in public spending since the Second World War.

New Year's Day signaled the start of a 2014 re-election campaign for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a downstate Democrat eager to announce shiny new investments in Upstate New York, where conservative voters have soured on his liberal social policies.

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The Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats, part of a grand coalition after last year's election, have more common ground than Labour and the Conservatives in the UK.

Even in the current coalition agreement between Merkel's conservatives and the center - left Social Democrats (SPD), the issue of «technical retrofitting» is treated with extreme care.

These politicians are up against social conservatives who believe in marriage and the church, economic conservatives who believe in the market and social democrats who want to give power to the state.

David Willetts» unfortunate comment last week about higher education being a «burden on the taxpayer» suggests that not only will Liberal Democrat ministers have to continue to remind their Conservative colleagues of the importance of social mobility, but they will have to make the economic case for building a learning economy as well.

Evennett was elected as the Conservative MP for Erith and Crayford at the 1983 general election when he defeated James Wellbeloved who had defected from the Labour Party to the newly formed Social Democrats in 1981.

In his first term Cuomo used his State of the State Addresses to build what observers call his version of «a new Democrat,» or his version of being (Bill) Clintonian - rolling out fairly moderate - to - conservative fiscal proposals, including some that targeted Western and Upstate New York for growth, and liberal social policies like marriage equality and gun control.

This strategy is by now a standard attempt to appeal beyond conventional constituencies: Labour wants to be the party of capitalists as well as workers, the Conservatives desire social liberals in addition to their traditional base, and the Liberal Democrats target people who don't fit in but want to be liked.

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Sigmar Gabriel is leader of the Social Democrats who share power with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.

After the 1921 election, the first women were elected to Swedish Parliament after the suffrage: Kerstin Hesselgren in the Upper chamber and Nelly Thüring (Social Democrat), Agda Östlund (Social Democrat) Elisabeth Tamm (liberal) and Bertha Wellin (Conservative) in the Lower chamber.

In all, 149 MPs (100 Labour, 35 Conservatives, 7 Liberal Democrats, 2 independents, 1 Independent Conservative and 1 member each from Plaid Cymru, Scottish National Party, the Democratic Unionist Party, and Social Democratic and Labour Party) announced that they would not be contesting the next election.

anyone else notice that a good number of the most competitive house and senate races are only so because the democrats in those races have adopted much more conservative social policy stances (ex.

Trump is reportedly highly interested in choosing retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as his running mate, but pro-choice comments by Flynn, who said in 2015 that he's a registered Democrat, are sure to not sit well with social conservatives.

She describes herself as a fiscal conservative who is moderate - to - liberal on social issues, she wins consistently in a city where Democrats dominate the voter registration rolls, and for the past two election cycles, she's won endorsement from municipal unions.

The parties for the 2014 election are the Democrats and Republicans (obviously), as well as the Conservative Party (founded back in the 1960s because the state GOP was seen as too liberal by some), the Independence Party (founded in the 1990s and did best with Ross Perot as its presidential candidate, not to be confused with being an independent voter), the Greens and the Working Families Party (founded in the 1990s to be more social democratic than the Democrats).