In contrast to the 1996 Broadcasting Act, which was based on extensive consultation and passed with 90 percent
of votes in Parliament, including support from oppositional parties, the Orbán Government passed the 2010 Media Acts without consulting professional organisations or the opposition.
Without it the MPs can now force a block on the triggering of Article 50 by means
of a vote in parliament.
Nick Robinson spoke with Labour's Emma Reynolds and Conservative Dr Dan Poulter, as he revealed Tory MPs had been invited to a Downing Street barbecue to unite over a planned EU referendum ahead
of a vote in Parliament on Friday.
Not exact matches
A general election on March 4 resulted
in a hung
parliament in which no one party or coalition
of parties won enough
of the
vote to govern alone.
Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest
of the world, but the majority
of members
in the upper house
of the U.K.'s
parliament, the House
of Lords, have
voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.
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.»
A snap election is unlikely, however, as PiS has a majority
in parliament and could block any
vote of no confidence.
Poland's biggest political standoff
in years began on Friday when opposition lawmakers objected to plans by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party to curb media access to
parliament, and blocked the plenary hall podium ahead
of a budget
vote.
The ongoing dispute between so - called Remainers and Brexiteers about this relationship took another turn last week when a majority
of the U.K.'s House
of Lords — the upper house
of parliament —
voted that the U.K. should stay
in a customs union with the EU, something the government under Prime Minister Theresa May has said would not happen.
In late September, Russia's
Parliament voted to restrict foreign ownership
of local media to 20 %, a move that could affect U.S. companies such as Disney, which has a Russian TV channel, and force the sale
of the independent Russian financial paper Vedomosti, which is part owned by News Corp.'s Dow Jones and Pearson.
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.
«You're so ridiculously proud
of your self - declared majority, but you don't have enough
votes to approve the Afghanistan decree,» Berlusconi said
in parliament.
«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.
Thirdly, the schism between the Fund and Europe means the agreement could unravel even if the Greek
parliament votes in favour
of it.
The legislation, which has passed a
vote in Pakistan's lower house
of parliament, is supposed to target terrorism, but critics said the language is broad.
The conservatives, liberals and socialists, who command a large majority
of the parliamentary seats, will work out a joint motion on Tuesday and expect to debate the issue
in parliament on Wednesday and
vote on it on Thursday, Tremosa's aide said on Monday.
«This government is taking the toughest line
in these budget negotiations
of any government since we joined the European Union,» Cameron told
parliament ahead
of a non-binding
vote on the EU budget talks.
«This government is taking the toughest line
in these budget negotiations
of any government since we joined the European Union,» Cameron told
parliament ahead
of the
vote.
Back
in July, Greek voters
voted against a new bailout package, but eventually the government gave
in to demands from its European creditors, causing a divide
in Syriza, which had been
in control
of Greek
parliament.
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.
Although the Conservatives later replaced the Canadian Building Incentive Program with a similar program, the new one is more limited
in scope with a smaller budget — typical
of the cuts Harper made to many climate related initiatives that had been proposed and
voted through
in Parliament under the previous Liberal government.
The European
Parliament voted strongly
in favor
of regulations, which would deter cryptocurrency - based money laundering and terrorism financing.
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.
This is why the Financial Times» Lex column reported («Greece: reckoning postponed,» June 29, 2011): «the
vote in parliament was held to the sound
of rioting and the smell
of tear gas.»
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.
A Borrowing Authority Bill was viewed as a «money bill» and therefore regarded as a «
vote of confidence», and would result
in the defeat
of the government if not approved by
Parliament.
In reaction to the vote by the Legal Affairs Committee, Michael Izza, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, pointed out that a number of the changes voted through by the members of the European Parliament seem to align the EU audit reform proposals more closely with international standards, which he considers a positiv
In reaction to the
vote by the Legal Affairs Committee, Michael Izza, chief executive
of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales, pointed out that a number of the changes voted through by the members of the European Parliament seem to align the EU audit reform proposals more closely with international standards, which he considers a positiv
in England and Wales, pointed out that a number
of the changes
voted through by the members
of the European
Parliament seem to align the EU audit reform proposals more closely with international standards, which he considers a positive.
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.
The prime minister faces a crucial confidence
vote in Parliament at midnight Friday, after two days
of acrimony that saw many
of his own lawmakers and ministers rebel.
The left - wing prime minister won a
vote in parliament early Monday that will heap more taxes on a dwindling number
of Greeks able to pay them.
The Left Platform, which holds about 40 seats
in parliament and is composed
of former communists and others closely aligned with labor unions, could defeat the government if its members
vote against the plan.
The anti-establishment 5 - Star Movement is set to win a third
of votes in a poll that delivered a hung
parliament.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani casts his
vote during elections for the
parliament and Assembly
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But AfD, the populist, anti-Europe and anti-immigrant party, is likely to increase its share
of the
votes enough to be represented
in parliament.
We have the Greens who have won a significant number
of votes and the FDP [Free Democratic Party], which is a party that actually wasn't even
in the
parliament of the last election.
The
vote was taken
in the Bundestag
in Berlin during the last session
of the German
parliament before federal elections
in September.
«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 Australian
Parliament is expected to
vote before the end
of the year on a change to legislation which will enshrine same - sex marriage
in law.
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.
Members
of the Scottish
Parliament will
vote on whether to legalise assisted suicide
in May.
Thus when Prime Minister Julia Gillard (an avowed atheist who makes Nancy Pelosi seem like Margaret Thatcher) nonetheless announced that a «gay marriage» proposal would get a «conscience
vote»
in the federal
parliament, she was accused by her lefter - than - left opponents
of being... undemocratic.
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.
The SNP make up the vast majority
of Scottish seats
in the Westminster
Parliament and all
voted against bombing Syria.
Passed by a large majority (360 out
of 602
votes), the German law was proposed by members
of Parliament belonging to all the parties currently represented
in the German national legislature, the Bundestag.