Sentences with phrase «for votes in parliament»

The bill was now ready for a vote in Parliament to ratify the outcome of the 2012 referendum.

That means the resolution has a good chance of becoming EU legislation, when it is passed on for a vote in the Parliament on June 23rd.

Not exact matches

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

Italian stocks fell at the start of this morning's trading, after populist parties won almost half the vote in Italy's Sunday elections, and early results suggested the country is heading for a hung parliament due to no party or coalition of parties meeting the 40 % threshold for stable governance.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

Instead of a public vote, Ben & Jerry's is calling for a free vote in parliament on marriage equality.

Kosovo's opposition lawmakers release a teargas canister inside the country's parliament in before a vote for an agreement to ratify or not a border demarcation deal signed in 2015 with Montenegro.

So they forced an election they couldn't possibly win by defeating the Conservatives on a confidence vote in Parliament — and gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper something he couldn't get without their invaluable help — a majority government with no chance of being defeated for four years.

Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

At that time I wrote: «Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

With Greece at boiling point following the adoption of yet more internationally mandated austerity measures in the wake of parliament's vote to slash 25,000 jobs in the public sector, opposition leaders said it was wrong for Schäuble to be visiting at all.

Ahead of the make - or - break vote in Athens's parliament, Tsipras held back - to - back meetings as he attempted to rally support for measures at total variance with the rationale of his radical left party.

The actual non-confidence vote, only the sixth in Canadian history, found the government in contempt of Parliament for refusing to supply full cost estimates for fighter jets, crime bills and corporate tax cuts.

There are two types of spending in the Main Estimates: first, there are «voted» expenditures that require annual approval from Parliament; and second, there are «statutory» expenditures (e.g., major transfers to the provinces and individuals) for which legislation was previously approved setting out the specific terms and conditions under which payments can be made.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani casts his vote during elections for the parliament and Assembly of Experts, which has the power to appoint and dismiss the supreme leader, in Tehran February Continue Reading

The British government's recent setbacks are also weighing on the pound, a typical tailwind for shares in dollar earnings British companies, after Britain's upper house voted to give parliament powers to block or delay a final deal on departure from the European Union.

«That this House expresses profound concern that, despite voting 279 in favour and none against the motion calling on the Government to refer genocidal atrocities of Daesh to the United Nations Security Council on 14 April 2016, still, no such referral has been made; recalls the words of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in an article in the Telegraph on 27 March 2016, Daesh are engaged in what can only be called genocide of the poor Yazidis, though for some baffling reason the Foreign Office still hesitates to use the term genocide; and calls on the Government to ensure that the unanimous will of Parliament is implemented with urgency.»

The passage of the Reform Bill may be defined in a shorthand way as the procedure of voting by Parliament, and approval by King William IV, of a law changing the qualifications for voting in British elections and redistributing seats in the House of Commons.

On the other hand, «property rights» enters into the institutional experience of Parliament only in respect to its meaning for people who stood to gain or lose voting rights and control of boroughs and counties.

The same is true in Sweden, where the Swedish parliament voted 271 to 20 to condemn a resolution passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that supported the right of conscientious objection for physicians.

He just didn't have the right to vote for representatives to Parliament — just as residents of DC or Puerto Rico don't have representatives in Congress (the old «taxation without representation» complaint.)

The European Parliament's ENVI Committee has this week voted through a proposal for EU renewable energy policy to be brought in line with the waste hierarchy.

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) voted in favour of stronger regulations, with 466 votes for and 124 votes against the measures, and 50 abstentions.

EU Parliament votes in favor of waste legislation package; 2030 recycling targets set at 60 % for municipal waste and 70 % for packaging; manufacturers to make information on SVHC content in products available to public

We should be given a chance as supporters and club officials to vote for who we'd like to become fa officials every 5 years as is done in parliament.

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Press release 15 June 2012 The vote on the European Parliament's Report on the Commission proposal for a Regulation on Food for infants & young children and for special medical purposes took place on 14 June in Strasbourg http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/speeches.do http://www.babymilkaction.org/archives/750 European...

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bmj.i553.full PRESS RELEASE European Parliament votes for big reductions in sugar in baby foods and prohibitions on labelling at too early an age.

The European Parliament today voted today — 393 votes in favour, 305 votes against — to reject draft EU rules on baby food, which would have allowed baby foods to contain high levels of sugar and products to be labelled for use from 4 months of age.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted on 19 January 2016 (393 votes in favour, 305 votes against) to reject draft EU rules on baby food, which would have allowed baby foods to contain high levels of sugar and products to be labelled for use from 4 months of age.

The vote in the European Parliament Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee took place this morning with MEPs voting for one of the three Objections tabled by European Parliament by Green MEP Keith Taylor.

The vote on the European Parliament's Report on the Commission proposal for a Regulation on Food for infants & young children and for special medical purposes took place on 14 June in Strasbourg

The European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) will, on Thursday 14th January, vote on whether to object to proposals for new laws from the European Commission on the marketing of baby foods and formulas and to strengthen them in line with the World Health Assembly Resolutions.

A member of the European Parliament (MEP) has urged fellow politicians to support his objections to new rules on the marketing of baby foods, formulas and foods for special medical purposes in a vote today, which he says fails to safeguard the practice of breastfeeding.

UK Green MEP Keith Taylor tabled three objections to the delegated acts — part of the Food for Specific Groups (FSG) regulation — in December, which were voted on by the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) today (14th January).

People are now voting in PR elections for the European Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly, Scottish local councils and the Greater London Assembly.

Under this Fourth Republic, we have been lucky to have managed our differences so well that despite the high profiled bitter contest of 1998 in Sunyani, Candidate J.A Kufuor who emerged as our flagbearer courted the support of other opposition parties to win the 2000 first and second round elections to become the second President of the Fourth Republic with an appreciated votes at the presidential level for the party and increased seats in Parliament that we occupied the Majority side of Parliament.

«When, in due course, parliament votes on boundary changes for the 2015 election I will be instructing my party to oppose them.»

When the country votes for president / parliament / whatever, every district is counted separately, and whatever option has the most votes in that district wins that district.

The reason for this is that there are many more liberal parties in the UK Parliament than Conservative, and chances are that during motions that have to carry in parliament that need a majority conservatives will have a hard time passing laws if the Liberal Democrats, Green Party, SNP and Labour all vote against the Tories»Parliament than Conservative, and chances are that during motions that have to carry in parliament that need a majority conservatives will have a hard time passing laws if the Liberal Democrats, Green Party, SNP and Labour all vote against the Tories»parliament that need a majority conservatives will have a hard time passing laws if the Liberal Democrats, Green Party, SNP and Labour all vote against the Tories» motions.

There is only one test that matters for a voting system in a democracy: does it lead to a Parliament that accurately reflects the votes of the electorate?

A minister could use this power to start making changes on the ground - tinkering with law and regulators in a way that makes it all - but impossible for parliament to vote against the deal, because of the chaos it would trigger.

The Mail on Sunday reports that both Conservative and Labour MPs are for the deal and intend to vote for it in parliament in the new year.

For the duration of their appointment, they are considered to have the same status as MSPs but they do not vote in parliament.

In 2014, 300 million eligible voters across the European Union (EU) will have the opportunity to cast their vote in the elections for the second - largest legislative body in the world: the European ParliamenIn 2014, 300 million eligible voters across the European Union (EU) will have the opportunity to cast their vote in the elections for the second - largest legislative body in the world: the European Parliamenin the elections for the second - largest legislative body in the world: the European Parliamenin the world: the European Parliament.

In summary, my proposal is that following a «no» vote the Scotland Act be amended to empower the Scottish Parliament to hold a binding referendum on independence, but only if 30 years have elapsed since the last referendum or if two - thirds of all MSPs vote for such a referendum.

Last month he masterminded a letter of his own on the EU referendum, getting nearly 100 Tories to sign up to his proposal for the coalition to legislation on giving the British public a vote at some time in the next parliament.

Note: for most voting systems currently in use there are already mathematical issues when assigning seats in Parliament.

For example, although the SPD and CDU / CSU had equal votes in parliament, the Social Democrats failed to block an increase in the retirement age to 67.