Not exact matches
Their demands of
austerity should be
coupled with promises to strengthen the European economy.
Given also the need for an
austerity budget to comply
with European rules, growth is likely to weaken, meaning the protest parties will continue to strengthen and may well be strong enough to take over in a
couple of years.
In the meantime, the deputy prime minister will
couple his assault on Labour
with that repetition of the coalition's
austerity defence.
More difficult and less successful were the concerted efforts, from 2010 onwards, to
couple fiscal
austerity with structural adjustments between trade surplus countries (exporters such as China and Germany) and trade deficit countries (importers such as the US and Italy).
In particular, it is now the dominant view that
austerity alone does not constitute the silver bullet,
coupled with a growing recognition of the need for a counterbalancing strategy aiming at reigniting growth.
«Yet despite the challenges that such an environment creates,
coupled with the savings we have had to make in the era of
austerity, I am proud that in Westminster we have continued to innovate, protect frontline services and still deliver the lowest council tax in the country.