Sentences with phrase «leaning social democrats»
Responding to popular pressure, Merkel's conservatives and their left - leaning Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners agreed on Thursday to tighten asylum rules, reaching a compromise on how to stem the influx of migrants.
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The letter dovetails with what the IDC has long asserted in the Senate: Even with a workable Democratic majority of 32 members, the passage of a left - leaning agenda is not a guarantee given the conservative social views of some lawmakers, including Felder and Sen. Ruben Diaz, a Bronx Democrat.
All seven parliamentary parties are putting forward candidates, including the three biggest ones — centre - left Positive Slovenia, which leads the ruling coalition at the time of writing but has no MEPs; the right - leaning Slovenian Democratic Party, currently has three MEPs, and the centre - left Social Democrats — two MEPs.
There is no point in complaining about Vince Cable's annual left - leaning speech to the Liberal Democrat conference - the crude jokes about bankers, the re-plugging of his beloved mansions tax, the way in which support for deficit reduction is wrapped up in the garnish of social democracy, with Bevin, Cripps and Roy Jenkins prayed in aid.
David Hall - Matthews, the chairman of the left - leaning grassroots grouping within the Liberal Democrats, the Social Liberal Forum, summed up the equality debate, attacking the «stinking rich» in the House of Lords and said wealth taxes were now at the heart of Lib Dem policy.
Still, political rivals made hay on social media of the fact that a number of signatories are backers of the left - leaning New Democrats (NDP), including politicians like former Ontario provincial NDP leader Stephen Lewis, artists like film - maker Sarah Polley, and trade union members like Canadian Union of Public Employees president Paul Moist.
Academics have traditionally leaned left politically, and many fields have essentially become monocultures, especially in the social sciences, where Democrats now outnumber Republicans by at least 8 to 1.