Sentences with phrase «governments unwilling»

Some of this is the fault of local governments unwilling to raise sufficient revenue to fund schools adequately.

He points out that the nuclear program had already encountered delays and had met fierce opposition from regional governments unwilling to host new plants, so creating political difficulties for the Berlusconi administration.

«With the Government unwilling to include a ban on the use of stray cats and dogs in the update of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, the worry is that the number of experiments using animals may increase further in future years.»

With the federal government unwilling to act, it increasingly appears the next wave of regulation will emanate from individual states.

Not exact matches

If the projections come true, they raise the likelihood of a fiscal crisis, a situation in which investors become unwilling to finance government borrowing unless they are compensated with very high interest rates, the CBO warned.

Years ago, Google made overtures in Quebec, but the provincial government and Hydro - Québec were unwilling to provide the kind of electricity discounts afforded other industries.

Putin completely unwilling to find accommodation w present #Ukraine government.

What is more surprising is that the government was unwilling to take a weak settlement, for example, a promise by AT&T not to engage in such negotiating tactics, a promise which would have been difficult to enforce.

The amount of debt that is projected under the extended baseline would reduce national saving and income in the long term; increase the government's interest costs, putting more pressure on the rest of the budget; limit lawmakers» ability to respond to unforeseen events; and increase the likelihood of a fiscal crisis, an occurrence in which investors become unwilling to finance a government's borrowing unless they are compensated with very high interest rates.

Unwilling to yield, President Donald Trump and China's government escalated their trade clash Friday, with Beijing vowing to «counterattack with great strength» if Trump follows through on threats to impose tariffs on an additional $ 100 billion in Chinese...

The central bank under its previous chairman, Jean - Claude Trichet, had long resisted more aggressive action, unwilling to flood the market with money the way the Fed did in 2008 until governments committed to reining in spending and deregulating their economies.

The federal government issued guidelines in February 2014 for states where marijuana is legal, including banking regulations, but most banks seem unwilling to take advantage of them.

Legislated fiscal rules reflect the view that elected governments are incapable, or unwilling, to take the politically unpopular decisions necessary to maintain a sustainable fiscal structure.

When I see headlines like this one in the WSJ, I am concerned Congress no longer regards itself as a co-equal branch of the US government and is unwilling to lead: «Congress Looks for Guidance From Trump on Gun Legislation»

Maduro blames Trump administration sanctions for making U.S. banks unwilling to participate in financial transactions with the Venezuelan government, either as buyers or payment processors.

At the same time, businesses are unwilling to engage in the Bitcoin economy, while governments treat it as a fringe movement that is the purview of black - market operators and drug dealers, such as Silk Road.

Leach appears to assume that the federal government lacks the constitutional jurisdiction to impose its pan-Canadian carbon price on unwilling provinces.

It seems unwilling to accept that there is a structural deficit problem and unwilling to cut government expenditures.»

It will hear cases of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity that national governments are unable or unwilling to prosecute.

Phaelan MoonSong, a Pagan minister, went to get a new government ID after legally changing his name in June and was told that he couldn't wear the horns unless he could show religious justification for being unwilling to remove them.

OTTAWA / WINNIPEG (Reuters)-- The U.S. dairy lobby is ratcheting up the pressure on Canada as talks to renegotiate NAFTA draw closer, demanding concessions the Canadian government looks unwilling to grant, according to people familiar with the file.

A terror suspect referred to as «AF» has been released from a control order because the government was unwilling to reveal the intelligence justifying his virtual house arrest.

President Akufo - Addo is unwilling to publicly acknowledge the mindboggling corruption in his government.

Gorsuch, as a conservative, is not unwilling to join the government, he has been a civil servant for his whole life.

As increasing surveillance powers have long been a priority for Prime Minister May, her government might be unwilling to agree to robust protections of privacy.

Eight years later, Blair offers little more than he endorsed then, a strategy to which Western governments and publics are frankly unwilling to resort again anytime soon.

Governor Ambode said in as much as government was unwilling to make people in the area lose their means of livelihood, but that it was important for all the stakeholders to agree on what to be done going forward.

Most of the time, however, governments are unwilling to permit high unemployment, due to the demonstrated social effects, the economic underperformance it reflects and the public cost in terms of benefit payments it demands.

But if we are unwilling to be placed in this perilous situation; if we still will adhere to the design of a national government, or, which is the same thing, of a superintending power, under the direction of a common council, we must resolve to incorporate into our plan those ingredients which may be considered as forming the characteristic difference between a league and a government; we must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens, — the only proper objects of government.

Yet it would now appear that the new government of the South is just as unwilling to grant them those liberties that have so long been withheld from them.

Given the public remains unwilling to thank the Government for an improving economy, the often naïvely sunny nature of the 2010 campaign is understandably being replaced by one which will leave many wincing.

They like the protectionism the peg is providing so the government is unwilling to get rid of it.

Mr Blair tried a different tack, insisting that the Labour government was committed to matching reform of education and other public services with investment - something he accused the Conservatives of being unwilling to do.

Weak oppositions make for weak, complacent and divided governments, willing to engage in internal politics and unwilling to put in the hard thinking because they're not sufficiently scared of the consequences of not doing so.

I am sure there are some Labour politicians who are sound on civil liberties, as there are also in the other parties, but given the record of Labour in government and the record of Tories in opposition (oh, how they cared back then) the evidence is emphatic: the state can not be trusted, and the politicians are either incapable or unwilling to control or restrain the state machinery.

Perhaps the current government, as it seeks to devolve power, is mindful of that earlier failure and unwilling to repeat it.

Frankly, the only mainstream pro-Europe party is the Lib Dems, and this referendum puts Nick Clegg between a rock and a hard place: unable to support his own coalition government; unwilling to countenance a pact with Labour.

He explains his decision is due to the government's plan to «tear up more than seven centuries of history», because it is «unwilling to show any leadership on the legislation needed to modernise the House of Lords».

Staff at Mr Joyce's constituency office in Falkirk were unwilling to comment over whether Mr Joyce's government job was imperilled.

«I'm unwilling to do a budget then find out a month down the road, two months down the road, the federal government made a new legislative change that costs us $ 2 billion.»

As the government shutdown continued for its second day, one thing was clear to both sides of the negotiations to end it: The president was either unwilling or unable to articulate the immigration policy he wanted, much less understand the nuances of what it would involve.

This government can't deliver change in our politics when Cameron is unwilling and Clegg is unable.

The TUC says it will vigorously pursue a deal to get government to scrap the Energy Sector Levy and decrease water tariffs — demands government is unwilling to grant.

Millions of landlords could be unwilling to rent property to immigrants if government proposals requiring them to carry out immigration checks are put into practice, an influential crossparty committee of MPs has warned.

In the flow of immediate political convenience, governments seem unwilling to appreciate that they have a serious duty to end the uncertainty which has long surrounded the powers and composition of the Lords.

However, while the party was largely sympathetic to the principle of women's suffrage, it was unwilling to risk losing the limited reforms to male suffrage promised by the government's bill.

If, on the other hand, the Government is unwilling to do that, it should not be permitted to pray in aid concerns about democracy in order further to dilute the House of Lords» powers.

«I'm not willing to spend an irresponsible amount of money and I'm unwilling to do a budget and then find out a month down the road, two months down the road, the federal government made a legislative change that costs us $ 2 billion.»

Given the importance of infrastructure investment, it is a pity the government seems unwilling to think through its arguments again.

Scientists working with big data sometimes face government agencies and nongovernmental organizations that are unwilling to share their data, said Peter Speyer, chief data and technology officer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.