Sentences with phrase «which social democrats»

Amid the sound and fury of the supposed kulturkampf, which social democrats do need to adapt to, what will continue to be most decisive is what social democrats can do for back pockets.

After the defeat in the 2005 election, in which the Social Democrats lost five seats and failed to regain the majority it had lost in the 2001 election, former Minister of Finance and party leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned his post, taking responsibility for the poor election results.

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Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who campaigns for the Social Democrats and backs Merkel's rival Martin Schulz, did a similar live interview streamed on Facebook, which has been clicked 33,000 times.

At the end of the ten hours, I came in and he made me give him two pennies which was my contribution to the social security and he gave me two one Dollar bills and a long lecture about the evils of Democrats and the welfare state and the lack of self - reliance and it went on and on and on, so I had the right antecedents too.

Martin Schulz, the leader of the Social Democrat Party (SPD)-- which was part of Chancellor Merkel's coalition in the previous government — had previously ruled out another partnership, but at the start of December decided to enter talks.

VICTORIA — New Democrats are introducing a bill calling for the creation of a sustainable development board which would report to policy makers about key indicators of economic, environmental and social progress.

So, if a Gang of Eight - style bill passes, we will get political trench warfare in which the Democrats will treat those who get amnesty as future citizens of a social democratic America and Republicans will treat them as bipedal automatons for benefit of the entrepreneurs who «built that.»

Neo-liberalism had begun by pointing out social - democracy as its main enemy in the advanced capitalist countries, which provoked a reaction of hostility from social - democrat forces.

Ultimately, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick read portions of the letter and the Vatican response to it at a service for Kennedy in Washington, D.C. News reports called the Vatican letter pro forma, and its cited portions avoid mention of the social issues on which Kennedy not only defied his faith, but spearheaded defiance of his faith — a modus operandi that is still deployed (and was just deployed in the recent Lamb - Saccone special election in Pennsylvania) by pro-choice Catholic Democrats.

It turned out that it makes a great deal of difference whether one is a democratic socialist or a social democrat, for the relative location of nouns, which convey the substance of things, and adjectives, which represent the modifiers, weights priorities time after time.

On the other hand, you talk a lot about the social support that families need, which a lot of people associate with the Democrats» sort of approach to these policies.

Conservatives have an in - built strategic advantage over social democrats in the current era of austerity, in which a pared - down neo-liberalism now appears shorn of no - longer - affordable social accoutrements.

Social democrats in Europe are the heirs of a pluralist tradition encapsulated by Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, Thomas Paine and Pierre - Joseph Proudhon which champions the diffusion of property rights and economic control, spreading power as widely as possible.

Politically, we will need to find points of agreement which bring together egalitarians, liberal republicans and social democrats, so as to build a powerful reform coalition.

It was passed through the parliament with only three no votes, which implies that the lead opposition the Social Democrats — PES — either don't object or don't care.

Responding to the vote (by 314 to 270) of the Liberal Democrat Conference to reject a call from Shirley Williams to support the Health and Social Care, Dr Evan Harris — who proposed the deletion of the lines which...

The Social Liberal Forum exists to foster debate within and beyond the Liberal Democrats, with the aim of developing social liberal solutions and approaches which reflect these principles and which find popular suSocial Liberal Forum exists to foster debate within and beyond the Liberal Democrats, with the aim of developing social liberal solutions and approaches which reflect these principles and which find popular susocial liberal solutions and approaches which reflect these principles and which find popular support.

It sets out the Social Liberal Forum's proposals for the economy, which we hope to see adopted by the Liberal Democrats as a distinct policy from both...

By unfairly caricaturing David Miliband, a moderate, modernising social democrat, as a Blairite continuity candidate, his most vocal supporters hurt their own candidate in a way which ultimately proved decisive in a knife - edge electoral college.

The Liberal Democrats were formed on 3 March 1988 by a merger between the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party, which had formed a pact nearly seven years earlier as the SDP — Liberal Alliance.

Social democrats seem happy to accept inequalities of power in relation to citizen and state, to the extent to which they believe they are necessary to provide welfare services.

But now, there appears to be a new emerging thinking on the left that is now beginning to challenge inequalities of power in relation to the citizen and welfare state, which were once believed to be inevitable by social democrats.

His head was turned by the Social Democrats which he backed in the early 1980s.

The SLF exists to foster debate within and beyond the Liberal Democrats, with the aim of developing social liberal solutions and approaches which reflect these principles and which find popular support.

His predecessor, Paddy Ashdown, has described him as having moved the Liberal Democrats «to what you might call the right... The liberalism of the old Liberal party was a comfortable social liberalism, which didn't take into account economic liberty as well as social liberty.

All seven parliamentary parties are putting forward candidates, including the three biggest ones — centre - left Positive Slovenia, which leads the ruling coalition at the time of writing but has no MEPs; the right - leaning Slovenian Democratic Party, currently has three MEPs, and the centre - left Social Democrats — two MEPs.

His biggest asset is the former Social Democrat party network which pervades the policy unit and its lobbyist links.

And crucially he could not convincingly make the case for a social democrat country, given that his own time in government was beset by the free market dogma which has poisoned Labour and Tory administrations since Thatcher.

The Social Liberal Forum, which backed the motion on Food Poverty passed unanimously at Liberal Democrat Spring Conference earlier this year, applauds and welcomes further pressure by End Hunger Fast and faith leaders on this issue which so gravely concerns all of us.

President Akufo - Addo said «I continue to be puzzled as to the vehemence with which so - called social democrats oppose or attempt to undermine measures designed to address poverty.

DiNapoli, a Democrat, has used the pension fund to throw some political weight around when it comes to social causes — think of the Chevron lawsuit, which is being challenged by former ethics watchdog David Grandeau, and the plan to divest from firearm manufacturers.

So it is time for Nick Clegg to practice the political honesty which he preaches, and accept that he is in fact a social democrat who shares far more in common with Labour than the Tories.

I see a third party developing which embraces the economic and political conservatism of true Republicanism and the social liberalism of the Democrats.

The Liberal Democrats believe we need a long term solution for funding Health and Social Care which will include raising additional revenue for these vital services from taxation.

She's a self - described «multi-party candidate» and «social liberal,» which leaves her unconcerned about being the only Republican running against several Democrats in a mostly blue city.

That is more likely to happen if long - term infrastructure investment in social housing — that will also help control the welfare budget — starts now in the way the Liberal Democrats have articulated before and which our amendment restates.

All North East Liberal Democrat members are very welcome to join us to discuss how we can create an SLF Branch in the North East which will champion the social liberal values we hold dear.

The Social Liberal Forum, which backed the motion on Food Poverty passed unanimously at Liberal Democrat Spring Conference earlier this year, applauds and welcomes further pressure by End Hunger Fast and faith leaders on this issue which so gravely concerns...

The Social Liberal Forum now calls upon Dr. Cable, and all Liberal Democrat MPs, to continue to press for a system that ensures the abolition of student tuition fees, the reduction of student debt and their replacement with a graduate contribution, varying progressively with income and set at levels which do not deter students from taking less well paid, but socially beneficial, post-graduate employment.

[5] Lane Kenworthy, professor of sociology at the University of California at San Diego, has stated that Sanders is a social democrat and not a democratic socialist -LSB-...] Mike Konczal, an economic policy expert at the Roosevelt Institute, also characterizes Sanders» positions as «social democracy» rather than «socialist», noting that social democracy means support for a mixed economy combining private enterprise with government spending, social insurance programs, Keynesian macroeconomic policies, and democratic participation in government and the workplace - all of which are a part of Sanders» platform.

This was heavily demonized by Democrats as «privatizing Social Security» and was part of the run up to the 2006 midterms, which Republicans lost.

Which makes those who put their social democrat principles above their liberal principles uncomfortable at times.

According to county Legislator Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Public Safety & Social Services, the looming cuts to the narcotics unit will pose an abundance of consequences to Westchester, which has seen opioid - related deaths increase by 60 percent this year over last year.

Although he plainly lacks the manic energy of a Thatcher or Blair, he nevertheless personifies the insurgency within the Liberal Democrats which has ruthlessly and decisively supplanted the party's social democratic tradition with the economic neo-liberalism of the Orange Bookers.

Republicans and Democrats alike express great concern about threatened cuts in spending on defense, Medicare, Medicaid and social programs, all of which seem to get most of the attention in the news media.

The Liberal Party was in existence long before the Labour Party — joined with the social democrats is widening its appeal to the centre ground which the majority of people occupy.

Then there is the left - liberal or social democrat party, which claims the allegiance of Hughes, former leaders Menzies Campbell and Charles Kennedy, rising star Tim Farron and probably poor Vince Cable.

The coalition, which has 11 MEPs, sits in Brussels as part of the Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats.

There is no point in complaining about Vince Cable's annual left - leaning speech to the Liberal Democrat conference - the crude jokes about bankers, the re-plugging of his beloved mansions tax, the way in which support for deficit reduction is wrapped up in the garnish of social democracy, with Bevin, Cripps and Roy Jenkins prayed in aid.

The biggest political party in Romania is the Social Democrat Party (PSD), which is in the Alliance coalition with the National Union of the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC).