Not exact matches
[278] UK government pensions minister Steve Webb said in May 2014 that Scots would be entitled to the current levels of state pension
after independence because they had accumulated rights within the existing
system.
After all, of all the reasons for and against Scottish
independence, most voters aren't going to be bothered by something as vague as a value
system.
Some barriers still remain that will require political action — there is no equivalent to the American tenure
system in Germany, which is a harsh limitation for the
independence of young scientists, and the need for a further round of scientific qualification
after the Ph.D., the so called habilitation, does not really stimulate didactic enthusiasm.
Teachers can still close the classroom door, but
after more than a decade of federal and state accountability
systems, teachers feel they have less
independence in what they do inside, federal data show.
The legal
system is theoretically based on the common law, inherited from the UK
after independence in 1948; however this has been eroded as a result of military rule.
Adopting a homegrown cryptocurrency could give Telegram's payment
system enormous
independence from any government or bank — something Co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov is known to covet
after investors took over his last company, Russian social network VK.