Sentences with phrase «fragile coalition»

All that is happening while Germany's fragile coalition government faces huge challenges posed by the strengthening political forces of nationalism and populism that are feeding off Merkel's migration policies.

The protests are expected to present the first real challenge for Pakistan's fragile coalition government.

BERLIN (Reuters)- German lawmakers voted on Wednesday to re-elect Angela Merkel as chancellor for a fourth, and likely final, term that may prove her most challenging yet as she takes charge of a fragile coalition with her personal standing diminished.

The conservative wing of the church is itself a fragile coalition, including those who lean in a catholic direction, those who are card - carrying charismatics, those inclined in an Anabaptist direction, and those who are really pragmatists at heart but for the moment lean to conservatism out of convenience and traditional piety.

Much as Bill Clinton did at the presidential level, Newt Gingrich and associates assembled a fragile coalition to remain in power.

A government that is trying to hold together a fragile coalition often needs to be careful not to anger any important group.

The smaller parties have spotted a once - in - a-generation chance, if not to join formal coalitions then certainly to cut some sweetheart deals in return for helping a fragile coalition government get key legislation through.

Those MPs with a self - professed independent streak will find themselves under huge pressure to fall into line — with no overall majority and perhaps a fragile coalition with the Liberal Democrats, the Tory leadership will demand total loyalty.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said a measure stripping funds from Planned Parenthood would be included in the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act — a move that could turn off moderate Republicans, complicating the fragile coalition that the party must maintain in order to undo the massive health care law.

But some senior ministers believe Mr Cameron should stay on if Mr Miliband is only able to cobble together a fragile coalition.

In that spirit, Jacobi has forged a fragile coalition to build a preserve on the Big Island, on land managed by the state, the National Park Service, the privately held Bishop Estate, and the Kulani Correctional Facility.

It is hard to name a state legislature where the survival of charter schools doesn't hinge on a fragile coalition of traditional liberals teaming up with conservatives to fend off anti-charter attacks from progressives, unions and powerful school superintendents.

Our political world is that of changing and fragile coalitions.

In patching together the fragile coalition of interests needed to successfully pursue its bid, the state approached negotiations like Middle East peace talks, seeking agreement first on broader issues and putting off fights and controversies over specifics.

Warlords of great families follow suit, forming a fragile coalition in a bid to challenge Dong Zhuo's remorseless rule.

Scenting opportunity, warlords from China's great families follow suit, forming a fragile coalition in a bid to challenge Dong Zhuo's remorseless rule.

Given it was a Labour manifesto pledge to abolish the fees, this setback for the Conservatives could be the first real test for the fragile coalition.