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And, in fact, most Europeans
favor
a different means, based on greater flexibility for domestic preferences and a bottom-up approach toward further integration.
This requires engaging revolutionary forces like Iran and Syria; respecting, rather than ostracizing, those Islamist movements that have opted out from jihadism in
favor
of political participation; and leading an international alliance for an Arab-Israeli peace based on the Arab League initiative.
The same is true of some prime ministers, like Thailand's authoritarian Thaksin Shinawatra, who now stands accused of weakening his country's democratic traditions in
favor
of personal rule.
The most recent opinion poll on attitudes about the Lisbon Treaty also demonstrates a “bounce” in
favor
of the Yes side.
Although the Brexit referendum was non-binding, then-Prime Minister David Cameron’s government, expecting a vote in
favor
of “Remain,” had promised to honor the result.
They are taking a much more active and public role in speaking out against bribery, corruption, and excessive pay packages, and in
favor
of corporate social responsibility and fair labor practices.
The Who, Where, and When of SecessionCAMBRIDGE – This week, Kurds in northern Iraq voted overwhelmingly in
favor
of independence for the country’s Kurdistan Region.
Since the global crisis erupted in the fall of 2008, both Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have been faced with threats that their political majorities might disappear if they put aside their national interests in
favor
of a European compromise.
Critics of intervention
favor
imposing additional sanctions on top officials.
Are Britain’s parliamentary arithmetic and public opinion moving in
favor
of or against the “hard Brexit” – a drastic clampdown on immigration and withdrawal from the European Union’s customs union, single market, and legal jurisdiction – planned by May before the election?
Moreover, there were clear majorities in
favor
of free movement in every sub-group of the sample, whether categorized by age, region, or political-party support, with one exception: the small minority of voters who supported the anti-immigrant UK Independence Party.
Our politicians shun it in
favor
of “challenges,” while our economists talk of “secular stagnation.”
While President Barack Obama outpolls the Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, on foreign policy, slow economic growth and high unemployment – issues that are far more salient in US elections –
favor
Romney.
Trump, like Bush, rejects negotiations, for fear of appearing weak, in
favor
of unilateral demands backed by the threat or reality of force.
While states once enforced their rights at the expense of others, they now transfer their rights in
favor
of others.
Another problem with governance reforms is that, although they are formally neutral, they often
favor
particular vested interests, with grossly unfair consequences.
The theme of good governance has special appeal to large bureaucratic organizations like multilateral development banks and UN agencies, which
favor
apolitical solutions to what are essentially political problems.
But when Scotland held its failed independence referendum in 2014, those who voted in
favor
had to accept that the democratic will of Scots at the time was to remain a part of the United Kingdom.
With income stagnation, faltering economic opportunities, and a loss of faith in progress fueling widespread discontent, voters backed candidates who promised to return power to the “people” and to shake up systems that mainstream political leaders had “rigged” in
favor
of a corrupt “elite.”
It should not be surprising that many Americans hold this view; polls show that even in an era of rising inequality, a significant share of voters continue to
favor
a flat tax.
Similarly, Sanders and his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton,
favor
effectively doing away with differential treatment of capital gains – a major reason why the richest Americans often enjoy lower rates.
A report for the Chair of the EU Commission by a team of experts led by Jacques Sapir argued explicitly for a reorientation of the Union's "cohesion" policies eastwards, i.e. , in
favor
of those who most need them.
Its violations include maintaining nontariff barriers to keep out foreign competition; subsidizing exports; tilting the domestic market in
favor
of Chinese companies; pirating intellectual property; using antitrust laws to extort concessions; and underwriting acquisitions of foreign firms to bring home their technologies.
This goal should be achieved by “radical economic transformation,” which means, according to Zuma, “fundamental change in the structure, systems, institutions, and patterns of ownership, management, and control of the economy in
favor
of all South Africans, especially the poor, the majority of whom are African and female.”
For those who
favor
democracy in Pakistan, the court’s decision is cause, not for concern, but for celebration.
So, can the SGP be made to work in favor, rather than against, structural reforms, without abandoning the rules-based approach of the SGP?
Worse still, this could even work in Kim’s favor, by buying time for his scientists to master technologies – particularly nuclear-warhead miniaturization – that could then be quickly deployed once the deal is publicly broken.
Much of the answer can be traced to President Barack Obama’s refusal to deploy combat troops against ISIS, in
favor
of a light footprint using local forces aided by US airstrikes and training.
The leaks supposedly unveil a Chinese readiness to accept the reunification of Korea in
favor
of South Korea.
From this perspective, the critic who exposes a fake Rembrandt does the world no favor: The owner of the picture suffers a loss, as perhaps do potential viewers, and the owners of genuine Rembrandts gain little.
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