Sentences with phrase «serve political interests»

The global warming establishment is the pharaonic construction of Western academia to serve the political interests of the Left.

The claims of Sarkozy against Islamic dress code brought to the light more issues behind these prohibition - measures and indicated that Sarkozy imposed this ban in order to serve his political interests.

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It may serve his short - term political interests, but it definitely does not serve the interests of British Columbians.

«The bishops» blanket opposition appears to the serve the interests of a political agenda, not the needs of the American people,» Salt continued, e-mailing his group's support for the White House to tens of thousands of Catholics nationwide.

It's all too easy to see how we may become a country in which the big rewards are reserved for people with the right connections; in which ordinary people see little hope of advancement; in which political involvement seems pointless, because in the end the interests of the elite always get served.

The recommendations of the Club of Rome were heavily criticized by business interests who had most to lose, but their claims served only to illustrate how much political and economic ideology is driven by self - interest.

McGovern also points out how U.S. economic interests regularly influence U.S. policy in favor of maintaining the political status quo, whether or not that policy serves the common good of Latin American peoples.

Instead of being left to rely on deductive theoretical formulations about the economic or political interests served by ideologies, we are offered attempts to spell out a credible set of social factors that relate the actual producers and disseminators of ideas with their social environment, with interested audiences, and with sequences of action that put ideas into effect.

«Spreading fake news can serve to influence political decisions and serve economic interests,» the pope said.

The Pope had given it his blessing, and it had become increasingly influential in the decades that followed, serving as a vehicle for lay Catholic participation in German party politics and for the protection of Catholic political and religious interests in German public life.

The principal effort in this area was the Sunday School Movement, founded in 1918 by Habib Jirjal, an educated layman of the middle class, who decided that the political and religious movements then current in Egypt did not serve Coptic interests.

To dislodge the power of collective self - interest requires a Christian realism that through political conflict serves to check group egoism.

While there was plenty of political rhetoric about requiring broadcasters to serve the public interest in exchange for broadcast licenses, the requirement was never enforced.

We have to look for a political system which serves the interest of human beings in the best way.

Mass - mediated culture primarily serves the interests of the relatively small political - economic power elite that sits atop the social pyramid.

For while the media, and particularly television, serve mainly as mediators of the culture, the political and economic interests of the media controllers pass the culture through discreet but generally well - defined filters which are effective in serving their own purposes, namely reinforcing the economic status quo and suppressing challenge in the form of specific critique or overall diversity.

A slave mentality There will always be a struggle between priestly authority and prophetic challenge in institutionalized religion because institutions are intrinsically conservative and will always choose social stability over justice which works to the advantage of the socioeconomic / political power - elites whose interests are served by sustaining the status quo.

In sum, although the transatlantic link defines the membership and the orientation of interests that NATO is meant to serve, its activities — military operations, political partnerships, and substantive concerns — are all global to a remarkable degree.

«Gabryszak's conduct involved misuse of his public office and political power to serve his personal interests.»

A national assembly comprising a statistically significant sample of the electorate is a crucial initial step toward a democratic constitution because political parties tend to serve as interest organizations for politicians or other groups.

This feeds into the general sense of lawlessness and Arbitrariness that has engulfed the 7 - months old Akufo Addo Government; A govt in which ministers would rather serve the interest of their masters rather than follow due process; a government in which genuine businesses are deliberately impeded from operating on the altar of political expediency..

Neglecting these «output» and «input» aspects of legitimacy and giving priority instead to a euronationalist justification of a European sovereignty in the making could also turn out to be detrimental to individual freedoms: the illusion of homogeneity it would produce could incite European citizens to support policies sold by political leaders as being in the interest of the European «community» or «people», but actually only serving a tiny minority.

James Freedland, a spokesman for attorney general candidate state Sen. Eric T. Schneiderman (D - Manhattan), who voted in 20 of 24 years since registering said: «It's up to Ms. Rice to explain to New York's Democratic primary voters why they should choose a longtime Republican who never participated in the civic process until it served her own political self - interest.»

«It's particularly brazen and disturbing that Assemblyman Blake today announced that he will now serve private interests as a political consultant as well as attempting to serve the public interest,» said Susan Lerner, executive director of the good government group Common Cause NY.

The WFP leadership has become just another self - serving political faction more interested in their personal power and patronage, just use the name working families as a advertising slogan to mislead the voters,» added Hawkins, a teamster who is the only union member running for Governor.

But another reason is Cuomo himself, who is content to govern at a leisurely pace because it both affirms his political identity and serves his own interests, very much including a possible presidential run in 2020.

The resistance to tariff is due, partly, to the fact that consumers are paying for inefficiencies of utility companies especially costs arising from political decisions that had only served the interest of some political elites.

«The resistance to tariff is due, partly, to the fact that consumers are paying for inefficiencies of utility companies especially costs arising from political decisions that had only served the interest of some political elites,» the TUC said.

As Gordon Brown wooed the Liberal Democrats with a promise of «far - reaching political reform», David Cameron urged them: back me - and serve the national interest.

«The consistent reliance on falsehoods about school funding may serve the Governor's short term political interests, but it does not serve our children well.»

For other Europeans, the UK serves to illustrate the inequality effect, and what happens when the laws of a country are changed in favour of the affluent because they have become so rich that they can effectively buy the interest of political parties — often through obtaining media support — and hence politicians, and then, by getting the laws they want, they control the judiciary.

Buhari said Jonathan's foray into politics and ascendency to the highest political office in Nigeria from a humble riverine background testified to the greatness and inclusiveness of Nigeria's democracy, and served as an invitation to all those with interest to add value to the nation.

«The revelation that he sacrificed the commuters of his state and participated in a cover - up to serve his own political interests make it clear he does not possess the moral authority for effective governance.»

Ulster County CSEA Political Action Chair Troy Ashdown stated; «We, CSEA, believe Mike Hein will best serve the interests of working families throughout Ulster County.

It does not serve the interest of any political party.

He suggested that Town Supervisor Patrick Vecchio, a political enemy of Creighton's who once served as a New York City cop and driver for the late Mayor John Lindsay, might be interested.

So that leaves Heastie and the members of his conference with a tough choice: Appoint the qualified woman from downstate, clear the field for a bunch of other men with political ambitions, or let the qualified woman already in office serve her time and let every interested candidate fight it out at the ballot box.

This has everything to do with allowing unelectable and unelected officials — and the interests they serve — to achieve political results that could not be secured at the ballot box...»

Gallo, himself a Democrat who won in 2011 in defiance of the committee's anointed candidate, has long accused the committee of serving entrenched political interests and trying to undermine his administration.

«Shareholders have the right to know if their investment dollars are being spent on political agendas that are not in the company's best interest,» DiNapoli, who serves as trustee of the $ 209 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, said in a statement.

[1][2] He has served on a number of parliamentary committees, and lists his political interests as transport, sport, human rights, smoking and health, and sex equality.

«It is clear that he (Reed) made a self - serving political calculation that this is the best way to advance his Washington career and the special interests that he protects,» Plumb said.

«It certainly does not serve the public good to create a pay - to - play atmosphere where New Yorkers who have business before the city feel the need to contribute financially to the Mayor's political and nonprofit interests in order to have their business favorably considered.»

«Supervisor Santino's shameless personnel moves reveal a disturbing attitude that government exists to serve the interests of a political machine at taxpayers» expense,» according to a statement from Reclaim New York Initiative, the nonprofit lobbying arm of Reclaim New York.

This partisan pact, which would amend the state constitution to create a lawmaker - appointed 10 - person panel to draw district lines, keeps in place the hyper - political process of allowing politicians to draw their own districts, choose their own voters and serve their own self - interests,» read Kellner's statement.

Importantly, it will be a strong determinant of whether we break free from the counter-developmental and destructive Akan / non-Akan identity politics that only serves the interests of a small class of political entrepreneurs and party elites or remain mired in it for the forseeable future to our collective detriment.

This scene could be read as either an arbitrary acknowledgment of Lincoln's documented interest in psychic phenomena or a brief opportunity for Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński to reprise their watery fishbowl motif from Minority Report, but it really serves the more interesting, ambitious purpose of establishing Lincoln as a comedy of the narcissism that binds prophecy with political policy.

We believe these global corporate and political institutions are serving only the interests of the rich.

The author (s) were not paid by any entity outside of Brookings to write this particular article and did not receive financial support from or serve in a leadership position with any entity whose political or financial interests could be affected by this article.

While political realities may necessitate initially limiting eligibility to disadvantaged students, such as those with special needs or from low - income families, or those who were assigned to a low - performing district school, these students» interests will be best served in the long term by a universal system of choice.