Sentences with phrase «subsidiarity in»

On the other hand, I always tend to argue that the EU shouldn't only practice the principle of subsidiarity in the breach.

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Moreover, in keeping with the Church's teachings on subsidiarity, free will and real love, it seems most if not all the issues raised in the letter questioning Speaker Boehner's faith would be more efficient, effective, just and respectful of human dignity if they were left to the individual, family, community or state level.

The principle of subsidiarity is opposed to certain forms of centralization, bureaucratization, and welfare assistance and to the unjustified and excessive presence of the State in public mechanisms.

Perhaps John of Salisbury would remind us today that the only laws in conformity with equity are those that protect the sacredness of human life and reject the licitness of abortion, euthanasia and bold genetic experimentation, those laws that respect the dignity of marriage between a man and a woman, that are inspired by a correct secularism of the State, a secularism that always entails the safeguard of religious freedom and that pursues subsidiarity and solidarity at both the national and the international level.

Subsidiarity means that authority has been vested in and should be exercised by those communities closest to the persons most affected by decisions.

We can see in this the traditional Catholic balance between solidarity and subsidiarity (cf. CiV Chapter Five), but again Holloway goes further.

«authority would need to be regulated by law, to observe consistently the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity, to seek to establish the common good, and to make a commitment to securing authentic integral human development inspired by the values of charity in truth» (n. 34).

Great Britain could remain part of the E.U. while, fully in accordance with subsidiarity, claiming as much independence as it needs and can handle.

Proposals to decentralize social welfare programs and give the states the funds necessary to conduct all sorts of customized efforts to empower the poor — crafted so that each «fits» the vast array of distinct circumstances we find in impoverished America — strike me as a sensible application of the social doctrine's principle of subsidiarity.

• In favour of some specific approaches to the balance of solidarity and subsidiarity, life issues, sexual morality, globalization, the redistribution of wealth, labour unions, financial markets, the environment and other modern social issues.

He spoke on the value of the human person made in the image of God, on the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity that are fundamental to a just society, and on the dangers consumer culture poses to spiritual values.

Occupational councils, along with the subsidiarity principle, became key elements of the plan for the «Reconstruction of the Social Order» presented in Pope Pius XI's encyclical Quadragesimo Anno (1931).

The doctrine of subsidiarity and the idea of mediating institutions mean that the proper subject of social decisions is the person and persons in community.

He brought out the Pope's highlighting of the moral dimension of the current global crisis, and the need to root our solutions in a renewed spiritual vision of Man which can lead to a better balance of solidarity and subsidiarity (our translation):

The authors show how fundamental to all the arguments is the principle of subsidiarity clearly stated by Pope Pius XI in Quadragesimo Anno.

If the Political Responsibility statement is in fact merely a recapitulation of Catholic social thought, then where is the emphasis on subsidiarity, that «fundamental principle of social philosophy» (Quadraesimo Anno), which expresses the Church's (not the Republicans») own sense of the inadequacy of state interventions?

Moreover, in 1992 the Maastricht Treaty explicitly enshrined the principle of subsidiarity for the future union:

Subsidiarity works in tandem with solidarity.

The method was deductive, emphasis being placed on the continuing importance of the principle of subsidiarity as enunciated in Quadragesimo Anno (1931).

Moynihan's thinking on this was influenced by his own experiences of deprivation and the Catholic doctrine of subsidiarity which led him to put particular stress on the importance of families in alleviating poverty.

While Reno is correct that it is «unhealthy for our society when cultural power becomes too concentrated in just a few very wealthy institutions,» using the state's tax power to attack «institutional giganticism» in the name of «philanthropic subsidiarity» as he proposes would only open the way for government to control, and even destroy, such institutions.

What this could eventually mean is that the subsidiarity opt - out, long supported by the UK, which permits Member States to apply lowered thresholds and public - interest tests in national competition decisions on media mergers and acquisitions could be lost.

The Council calls on the European Commission to continue to support Member States in their efforts to reduce alcohol - related harm, while fully respecting the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality.

Oral Questions - Assessment of the EU subsidiarity test procedure in view of the two recent reasoned opinions submitted by this House to the EU Institutions - Lord Kakkar; Management of community - sentenced offenders remaining the responsibility of the Probation Service - Lord Ramsbotham; Legislation concerning the holding of referendums in the UK - Baroness Quin

The heated principle of subsidiarity enshrines this in areas as diverse as economic legislation and the size of carrots.

In The American Conservative, Gracy Olmstead wrote on what an energetic subsidiarity could mean for postindustrial towns, and Katrina Markel wrote in The Huffington Post what a restaurant can reveal about entrepreneurialism, social capital, history, and geographIn The American Conservative, Gracy Olmstead wrote on what an energetic subsidiarity could mean for postindustrial towns, and Katrina Markel wrote in The Huffington Post what a restaurant can reveal about entrepreneurialism, social capital, history, and geographin The Huffington Post what a restaurant can reveal about entrepreneurialism, social capital, history, and geography.

In other words, are there simply a couple initiatives you really want to push, or do you intend to prioritize overarching governing principles like subsidiarity, enhanced civil society activity, and incremental change and opposition to federal mandates, technocratic thinking, and sweeping reform?

The best «federalist» approach may be to follow the doctrine of subsidiarity and leave key decisions in the hands of parents.

Brown's approach to education is captured in the word «subsidiarity,» which in Sacramento has been taken to mean, «The locals know best, so don't mess with them.»

In carrying out this role, the principle of subsidiarity should apply, whereby management and operational decisions are made by those nearest to the action.

In line with the principle of subsidiarity — a driving tenant behind the LCAP — the governor's proposal would fund special education for districts directly and by pass the network of Special Education Local Plan Areas that now control the flow of dollars.

The philosophy of California's deliberately different approach to school reform is captured in Gov. Jerry Brown's term «subsidiarity» — pushing decisions to the local level.

The leading edge of subsidiarity is found in California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the most radical reformation of education finance in four decades.

In cities around the world, forward - thinking governments, spurred often as not by more immediate crises and exercising their intrinsic subsidiarity, have found their way to sustainable solutions to problems of energy use, transportation, air quality, resilience and waste.

In accordance with Article 7 (2) of Protocol No 2 to the Lisbon Treaty, the Commission must review its proposal when at least a quarter of all votes allocated to national Parliaments [3] reject a legislative proposal submitted on the basis of Article 76 TFEU (i.e., any proposal regarding judicial cooperation in criminal matters) for not being in compliance with the principle of subsidiaritIn accordance with Article 7 (2) of Protocol No 2 to the Lisbon Treaty, the Commission must review its proposal when at least a quarter of all votes allocated to national Parliaments [3] reject a legislative proposal submitted on the basis of Article 76 TFEU (i.e., any proposal regarding judicial cooperation in criminal matters) for not being in compliance with the principle of subsidiaritin criminal matters) for not being in compliance with the principle of subsidiaritin compliance with the principle of subsidiarity.

This new subsidiarity mechanism was granted to the national parliaments by the Lisbon Treaty and was thought to get the national parliaments involved and the EU more politicized in order to tackle its democratic deficit.

And although this seems to be the perfect instrument to maintain the EU's legal autonomy and the principle of subsidiarity, Pérez rightfully raises the question whether this new procedure may involve «too many voices» in the protection of human rights.

But the same method could be applied in those other domains of prohibition and sanctions, and these other regimes appear comparatively in any case when applying such tests as essentiality and subsidiarity.

Having argued that prior involvement is not required in order to conform to the principles of autonomy and subsidiarity (pp. 32 - 37), she advocates the abandonment of this element of the accession agreement, in particular because of its technical complexities and harmful procedural delays for individuals.

He contends convincingly that the consolidation of the Union's role in criminal law only makes the «need for an all - out criminal law policy... more acute than before» (page 59) and highlights six fundamental principles that the EU needs to address in order to clarify and legitimise further its action in the field; among the six, the call to pay attention to the principle of ultima ratio, coherence, subsidiarity and the requirement of a legitimate purpose seem particularly pertinent also in regard to the current debate concerning the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor.

Although subsidiarity is implicit in the institutional set - up of the Convention system, there has been increased demand for subsidiarity since the Brighton Declaration.

Another particularly contentious point in the current debate over European human rights is subsidiarity, which for better or worse has become linked to questions related to the authority of the Court.

Since the objectives of this Regulation can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty.

The objectives of the Union shall be achieved as provided in this Treaty and in accordance with the conditions and the timetable set out therein while respecting the principle of subsidiarity as defined in Article 5 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

In areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence, the Community shall take action, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, only if and insofar as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action, be better achieved by the CommunitIn areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence, the Community shall take action, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, only if and insofar as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action, be better achieved by the Communitin accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, only if and insofar as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action, be better achieved by the Community.

A legal assessment of the opinions issued by national parliaments «did not lead to the conclusion that the principle of subsidiarity has been breached,» Todd explained in emailed comments.

National Parliaments may send to the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission a reasoned opinion on whether a draft legislative act complies with the principle of subsidiarity, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.

Where reasoned opinions on a draft legislative act's non-compliance with the principle of subsidiarity represent at least one third of all the votes allocated to the national Parliaments in accordance with the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the draft must be reviewed.