Sentences with phrase «opposed liberalisation»

Business groups and unions had strongly opposed liberalisation of opening hours in England and Wales, arguing that it would give large supermarkets such as Asda and Tesco a greater competitive edge over small retailers.

However, she said that «her spirit fought to live» and now firmly opposes any liberalisation of the law.

In The Netherlands, the christian right, as represented by the Reformed Political Party, has among their major issues to oppose any liberalisation for Sunday opening of stores.

Speaking to Legal Week, SILF president Lalit Bhasin said that although the society no longer opposes liberalisation, he takes issue with the proposals laid out in the draft and would prefer a phased approach to the changes.

Not exact matches

The CSU officially opposes any kind of cannabis liberalisation in its Bayernplan: «Zero tolerance for drugs.

While both Volksparteien have been opposed to cannabis liberalisation, and stay silent on the issue in their party programs, [i] the smaller parties are a more outspoken on the issue, with Die Grünen, FDP and Die Linke supporting cannabis liberalisation and the AfD fervently opposing it.

In January 2006 he criticised Westminster MPs over the introduction of civil partnerships in the UK, and Holyrood members over the liberalisation of divorce laws in Scotland, [82] In July 2006 he opposed proposals to change the law which would require Catholic adoption agencies to place children with homosexuals in the same way as with heterosexuals, calling them totalitarian.

Many governments, especially poorer ones, have been wary of the claims made about investment liberalisation and have opposed moves to make a global agreement which would bind them to open up their economies by removing all regulations on foreign investment.