Sentences with phrase «such austerity»

While the paintings of the early»50s achieve an unparalleled richness in color, built up in great, unyielding vertical walls that suggest infinite extension, he was at the same time creating works of such austerity as 1950 - K - No.

But as the first price calculation for a shift to the continental - style AV system was revealed, critics warned that the sum could not be justified in a time of such austerity.

Warning that Labour's general election defeat showed it could no longer afford to oppose all such austerity measures, Ms Harman also announced MPs would not oppose the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.

Such austerity is inconvenient for embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak who is already fighting for political survival amid allegations of graft.

The savings such austerity measures are supposed to achieve will be upstaged by the dwindling revenues eked out by a shrinking economy.

Not exact matches

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reforms have sparked youth riots, violent strikes and fuel blockages that threatened to hobble the national economy, and austerity measures in countries such as Greece, Italy and Ireland have had similar results.

Opportunity: An era of fiscal austerity in the public sector can be a boon for economics employment there, as federal and provincial departments such as Finance, Industry, Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Canada seek analysts who can work the data.

And internationally, debt - ridden economies are subject to pressure from inter-governmental institutions such as the IMF and European Central Bank to impose fiscal austerity on their labor force, cut back public spending and even sell off public enterprises.

«Seeing the Eurosceptics» dream come true must have triggered a reaction in people who usually criticise the EU and blame it for decisions such as austerity measures.

These headwinds were then amplified by anti-growth policy choices such as excessive regulation, fiscal austerity, a lack of pro-growth private investment incentives combined with growing income inequality.

The policies put in place so far, such as budgetary austerity, are little match for the size of the problem, and may make things worse.

But as cities, counties and states compete for economic development, spending on such programs nationwide has climbed into the billions of dollars, even in an era of fiscal austerity.

Since religion did not demand austerity such pleasure - seeking was tolerated.

He read the Lives of the Fathers and wondered at the austerities of the desert hermits: «I used to imagine such a saint, who would live in the desert, and abstain from food and drink and live on a few vegetables and roots and cold water.»

Such is the animosity between the two that Wenger's principles (austerity, youth, loyalty) may get trumped by his desire to prove Mourinho wrong.

After weeks of protesting against austerity measures being forced upon the Greek people it seemed only a matter of time before such action spilt over into the world of football.

Such efforts are contextualised by the inveterate public ire over perceived excesses, exacerbated by the on - going austerity measures and a culture of «naming and shaming».

The Palestinian Authority has nothing to offer Israel so that it would stop the occupation of its lands while Greeks and Cypriots have nothing to offer Germany and the EC so that it would not impose such harsh austerity measures on them.

More difficult and less successful were the concerted efforts, from 2010 onwards, to couple fiscal austerity with structural adjustments between trade surplus countries (exporters such as China and Germany) and trade deficit countries (importers such as the US and Italy).

Especially in times of austerity, they want to demonstrate that as much as possible of the taxpayers» hard - earned cash goes directly on «programme» activity (such as health care, teaching, policing) and as little as possible on «administration costs.»

The party's leftist, post-material and socially liberal stance is well - known, and emphasises policies such as opposition to economic austerity and to PFIs to fund public services; higher marginal rates of income tax for the wealthy; a «living wage» for all; and the replacement of VAT with «eco-taxes» such as aviation fuel tax.

The UK government remains committed to austerity measures such as the cap on public sector pay; but in a speech on 20 June 2017 Chancellor Philip Hammond acknowledged public discontent with austerity, and suggested the government would consider increased borrowing to invest in economic growth.

The less obvious but potentially equally devastating factor is that voters may look to the terms of political debate in countries such as France and conclude that austerity is more of a lifestyle choice than an economic imperative.

A faction of the Republican Party is pushing austerity budgets, including cuts to social programs that are popular with the middle class, such as Social Security (government - funded retirement pension) and Medicare (government - funded retirement health insurance).

The speech fills a political vacuum and introduces a degree of gravitas to a government which has been tainted by the accusation of pursuing issues which don't matter in times of austerity, such as gay marriage and Lords Reform.

It could also work with Caroline Lucas, and the Green MEPs who also support key issues such opposing austerity and supporting CND.

In this climate of austerity and the need for public sector cuts, when so many are worried about the possibility that nurses, teachers and other such essential workers will be forced out of work as government tightens its belt, it is worth noting that # 2.8 billion of taxpayers» money was spent on consultancy fees in 2005 - 06 alone.

At a time of austerity it is unreasonable that trade unions receive such public largesse but reform is also central to Tory hopes of winning more seats at the next election.

Some small European states such as Latvia, Estonia and Ireland did manage to re-start their economic growth while imposing austerity budgets — but only by ratcheting down their wages and prices, via a big dose of unemployment, until their much - reduced costs sparked an export revival.

With Westminster obsessions such as antisemitism within Labour never mentioned, according to Grant, the fight is largely being contested in one area: austerity, or more precisely, how national cuts are affecting local services.

«Yet despite the challenges that such an environment creates, coupled with the savings we have had to make in the era of austerity, I am proud that in Westminster we have continued to innovate, protect frontline services and still deliver the lowest council tax in the country.

On a final note: if this budget was one of such seriousness and one of austerity: one in which «we are all in this together... for the good of the nation», why exactly did the majority of Tories laugh, cheer and bay for more (cuts) when Osborne completed his statement?

«At the heart of Jeremy's campaign, upon which he received such a huge mandate, was the rejection of austerity politics.»

It remains the greatest source of social misery on the continent — requiring intense austerity in countries such as Greece, and causing terrible youth unemployment across southern Europe from which millions will suffer lifelong scars.

Such stories understandably leave a bitter taste at a time when the austerity agenda has severely strained the UK's own public services.

Indeed such is the need for austerity that public spending plans will mean the smallest government spending relative to the rest of the economy since the 1930s.

Lib Dem former chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, one of the highest - profile casualties of the general election, urged the winner not to take the party left and oppose austerity measures such as tax credit curbs.

Amid debates about renewing the party's position on issues such as austerity, immigration, patriotism and Brexit, one of the themes that came up repeatedly at fringe events was how Labour could to start to rebuild trust and support across the country by setting out a radical programme for devolution.

Corbynism will offer the Red; it will be enormously refreshing to at last have an opposition that will make a stand against the savagery of austerity and seek to take back key strategic industries such as the railways into public ownership.

The results of the General Election are in, and they represent a tremendous vindication of Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour left, who have insisted since he was put on the ballot two years ago that Labour can and would make gains running from the left, and that there is a route to power that doesn't involve triangulating the Tories, or compromising on key issues such as austerity.

We could actually WIN the next one — but with a still massively entrenched irreconcilable neoliberalism entranced PLP Right / centre right majority and hostile Right controlled Party machine, and too many local Labour councils dominated by corrupt and / or careerist, Austerity implementing, family - based cabals, a Labour Party elected on a radical Left Keynsian manifesto such as the current one later this year, would be carved up and broken by internal treachery and market forces pretty much as quickly as Greece's Syriza government was.

Another test of whether the coalition is capable of doing austerity with fairness is whether Nick Clegg can persuade David Cameron that he has to stand up to the Tory party on issues such as this.

«Stealing Beauty» is a return to relative austerity for Bertolucci, who has wandered from such intimate character investigations early in his career as «The Spider's Stratagem,» «The Conformist» and «Last Tango in Paris» to the more bloated and less successful sagas about the Buddha and the last emperor.

The austerity packages came in waves while basic needs such as food, housing, health care and heating became luxurious necessities for middle and low income citizens who saw their households» incomes steadily shrink.

But in a year of such anguish - inducing austerity, the governor, to his credit, made the effort to spread to the pain.

Such love for the superficial and luxurious may have been out of step with the austerity of the 1930s, but it foretold the direction of much of 20th - century...

While the decision of the Spanish government to implement a series of austerity measures to address the public deficit is fully understandable, UNWTO expressed great concern that such measures have translated into the end of a separate Secretariat for Tourism.

His application of base materials such as insulation, aluminium, light fittings allude to a visual austerity.

They abandoned the polished classical style that was fashionable at the time and practised by artists such as Aleksandr Laktianov and presented a subject matter that they felt better reflected the grim austerity of post war Russia.

Moreover, if you look at recent events such as the violent protests through much of the UK and Europe against government cutbacks and austerity, it would appear that the Left are somewhat more inclined to resort to violence in order to advance their political goals.