Sentences with phrase «democratically elected assembly»

Despite the existence of a democratically elected assembly since 1979 in the form of the European Parliament, the links between this parliament and the status of Union citizenship have been ambiguous [1] with the parliament representing not a single group of Union citizens but rather the «peoples» of Europe, those peoples being defined by Member States and national law.

Annual parliaments were about creating a democratically elected assembly that could be trusted to govern in accordance with the popular will, just as Magna Carta sought to subjugate monarchical will to parliamentary authority (as the Chartists confidently believed).

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Instead of correcting course to avoid further catastrophe, the Maduro regime is attempting to circumvent sanctions through the Petro digital currency — a ploy that Venezuela's democratically - elected National Assembly has denounced and Treasury has cautioned U.S. persons to avoid,» Mnuchin said in a statement.

Rep. Mike Coffman, R - Colo., introduced the Protecting Against Tyranny and Responsible Imports Act, or the PATRIA Act, that would target Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after he stripped the country's democratically elected national assembly of its power and authority.

He challenged Gordon Brown to reverse the transfer of power from democratically elected local councils to unelected regional assemblies.

In London we have an elected mayor and a democratically selected London assembly, some there by PR.

The largest democratically - elected decision - making body in the world, the Representative Assembly takes place during the final four days of the Annual Meeting.

The four principal projects are these: a democratically elected world parliament; a democratised United Nations General Assembly, which captures the powers now vested in the Security Council; an International Clearing Union, which automatically discharges trade deficits and prevents the accumulation of debt; a Fair Trade Organization, which restrains the rich while emancipating the poor.