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Due to their dominance in Parliament, the intransigence of the postcommunists on this point forced the other political parties participating in drafting Poland’s new constitution to kowtow to their position.
If "constitutionalized", they simply implant the idea that the constitution is a statement of aspirations, rather than a set of enforceable legal rights.
Thus socialists who propose the right to "free" education as a part of the constitution are cheating society and every individual about the balance of responsibilities that each really holds.
After the failure in 2005 of the draft European constitution, it was far from obvious that negotiations that would yield only partial progress in improving the European Union’s decision-making mechanisms was the right way to proceed.
After all, there was no immediate emergency, and everybody would have understood if Sarkozy had waited another two or three years before risking his reputation on reviving the idea of a European constitution.
Such funding will support the steps needed to fulfill the promise, contained in our country’s constitution, that the state will “provide free and compulsory secondary education within minimum possible period.”
Under China’s constitution, urban land is owned by the state, and rural land by collectives.
Like the US Supreme Court, Poland’s Constitutional Court can nullify legislation that infringes on the individual rights enshrined in the Polish constitution.
Trade has always been a highly politicized issue in the United States, which is the only country to have trade policy featured in the first article of its constitution.
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo appears poised to try to amend the country’s constitution to allow himself a chance at a third term.
Putin is only 61, a decade younger than the leaders who led the Soviet Union to the precipice, and the constitution permits him to remain in power for at least another ten years.
The time may not have come for a true European constitution, but confronting, rather than evading, the fundamental issues that the EU faces could create the proper context for reviving the constitutional treaty and preparing the Union for the challenges of our time.
For a half-century, the US, which wrote Japan’s postwar “peace” constitution, has pressed the Japanese to play a greater role in maintaining Asian and global stability.
Chile’s constitution leaves no room for doubt that lithium belongs to the state, so the state will necessarily be a key player in the development of the lithium industry.
Nonetheless, the government’s moves have proved divisive in a country where pacifism is embedded in the constitution and widely supported by the population.
Above all, the government must spare no effort in convincing poor Iraqis of the value of democracy and freedom, and how important the constitution is in realizing their aspirations for a better life.
If the constitution is to operate as the guarantee of democracy, freedom, and security, poor Iraqis must learn to make that fight their own.
Because all EU member countries must ratify the constitution, a French “Non” will, in effect, kill it.
South Africa’s constitution and institutions are, and should be, contested domains.
The then-opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) went so far as to block the bill in parliament, with the upper house’s then-opposition leader, the lawyer Arun Jaitley, arguing that India’s territory is integral to its constitution and thus “cannot be reduced or altered by an amendment.”
Hong Kong is a special case, where the capitalist way of life is so central that it is enshrined in the constitution (the Basic Law).
The French rejected the European Union constitution, primarily – or so it appears – because further European integration, it is feared, must bring in its wake the huge costs and disruptions of neo-liberalism.
Although the impeachment played out according to the constitution, there was little semblance of due process, and international observers have described the move as a “parliamentary coup.”
The 18th amendment to the constitution, adopted in 2010, does precisely that, but implementation is being delayed by parties that prefer a highly centralized political structure.
According to India’s constitution, the development of “scientific temper, humanism, and the spirit of inquiry and reform” is the duty of every citizen – and, implicitly, the responsibility of the state.
But Belgium could have shown greater understanding for the Netherlands’ position after Dutch voters decisively rejected the proposed European constitution in the mid-2005 referendum.
In Bolivia, voters rejected President Evo Morales’s effort to amend the constitution so that he could seek another presidential term.
On September 12, the court will determine whether the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Europe’s permanent emergency fund, complies with Germany’s constitution.
And the recent ruling by France’s highest court that the ESM complies with the country’s constitution received little media attention, highlighting its relative insignificance.
Otherwise, German voters would be rendered powerless, constituting a breach of the German constitution.
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