Sentences with phrase «major political crisis»

Therefore, the immediate aftermath of the referendum decision was dominated by turmoil in the financial markets and a major political crisis, which in my opinion, is still ongoing.

For the first time in Brazilian history, the narrative of a major political crisis has been constructed by an incredibly fragmented media system.

Not exact matches

There are so many moments lately when it feels like the world is torn: there are natural disasters, political crises, major human rights violations, and more.

Thousands of protesters poured onto the streets of major cities on Sunday to demand the removal of President Dilma Rousseff amid Brazil's worst political and economic crisis in a generation.Polls show more than half of Brazilians favour the impeachment of Rousseff.

general economic conditions, consumer confidence, consumer spending patterns and market disruptions including severe weather conditions, natural disasters, health hazards, terrorist activities, financial crises, political crises or other major events, or the prospect of these events;

• A scholar who recently returned from Germany writes: «Have you heard about the political crisis between Germany and Italy, resulting from a major German politician officially stating that the Italians have voted for two clowns?

Two possible events stood out for the group: firstly, the chance of a major economic and political crisis caused by the election of anti-EU parties to the Italian Parliament - and their likely outright rejection of any financial controls being placed on them; and secondly, the chance of further waves of migration into the EU, via Turkey.

Re-reading Plato and Aristotle has made me to realise that by neglecting ancient philosophies and being preoccupied with neo-liberal thinking stemming from utilitarian philosophies have led us to a major crisis in our political and governmental affairs.

«The execution of Sheikh Nimr al - Nimr and 46 other people has caused a major diplomatic and political crisis,» he says.

We are living at a critical moment in time, with major political, economic and ecological shifts and crisis, and The Human Flock shines a light on the fragility of humankind and the planet.

Mark Godfrey, in his opening essay for Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception, a major survey that opened at Tate Modern in London and closed at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2011, writes, «What makes Francis Alÿs's practice one of the most compelling in recent art is that he manages to find poetic and imaginative ways to address the urgent political and economic crises of contemporary life.»

At the same time, major legislation has often incubated on the margins of these public arenas for significant time until a political crisis removes the normal obstacles to such major «watershed» legislation.

The Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy, in partnership with the University of Toronto Munk Centre, has organized a free Citizens» Forum where representatives from the three major political parties can express their views on the «crisis» & how they believe things will unfold once Parliament resumes on the 26th.

In the spirit of Tetlock, I'll put a number on it and say a 80 % probability of a bad recession or some other internal crisis within 20 years that is bad enough to be considered «the worst domestic crisis for the leadership since Tiananmen and a prelude to major political change» and which results in either a Tiananmen - style clampdown or big political change.

P Facebook is facing the most serious crisis in its 14 - year history as it deals with fallout from a major leak of user data to political consultants associated with the 2016 Trump campaign.