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Yet without the twin pillars of the European People’s Party and the Party of European Socialists, the parliament will be incapable of making even insignificant decisions.
So even if the coalition of the governors, Luzhkov, and Primakov win a majority of seats in the parliament's lower house this December, there is no guarantee that the new members will be able to forge a consistently united program.
Brexit should be seen as a punishment for events like the 2014 European elections, when it was evident, even before anyone voted, who would become the head of the EU commission, who would lead the EU parliament, and which of the parliament’s factions would be the largest.
Yet the opposition managed to win two-thirds of the seats in the single-chamber parliament.
If the Court rules in the plaintiffs’ favor, it will ask Germany’s president not to sign the ESM treaty, which has already been ratified by Germany’s Bundestag (parliament).
Before 2000, there was an influential, independent press and a parliament loyal to the president, but still independent.
If there is no independent press able to caution against mistakes and a parliament that can do the same, then the mistakes will eventually manifest themselves on the streets.
When I was first elected as a member of parliament in 1981, people said, “Now George, you’ve got to bang the table.”
In late April, the coalition headed by Yanukovych railroaded through parliament a 25-year extension of the agreement, due to expire in 2017, that allows Russia to base its Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol in Crimea.
It provoked a virtual riot in the parliament, complete with fistfights, hurling of eggs, and smoke bombs.
Selecting Our ChildrenMELBOURNE – In April, Germany’s parliament placed limits on the use of genetic diagnosis.
The next year, parliament was dissolved and local elected bodies were disbanded.
Suu Kyi’s announcement of her intention to contest a by-election to the new parliament offers a glimmer of hope that democrats could use the fledgling political process to create something resembling genuine representative government.
His alleged mistresses were named and proclaimed; one, it is said, sits in the Duma (parliament) as a member of Putin’s tame political party United Russia.
Originally scheduled for October 2007, the election was brought forward to break a deadlock between the parliament and the government over the number of electoral districts in the country.
The 29 members of parliament who support a reduced number of constituencies were unable to agree with the government on a new number.
In response, the government removed the redistricting issue from parliament to the constitutional court – an attempt, reformers argued, to hold back change.
When three members of parliament sought to question the Prime Minister – their right, under the Kuwaiti constitution – the parliament was dissolved and elections called.
Nevertheless, since the liberation of Kuwait following the Iraqi occupation in August 1990, the parliament has gained both stability and respect.
The dissolutions of parliament in 1999 and 2006 were carried out according to the law, and elections were called in a timely fashion.
Though political parties have not been legalized, they are nonetheless active in parliament and public life.
With this election, Kuwaiti women participated in choosing the parliament for the first time.
Indeed, three members of the outgoing parliament who supported the government were not candidates, having lost in their tribal primaries.
With pro-reform forces strengthening their position in the new parliament, the government has two choices.
It can go along with electoral reform, or it can find an opportunity to dissolve the new parliament.
Already, commentators are speculating on how long the new parliament will survive.
The changes are supposed to make the executive branch accountable to the elected parliament, expand the prime minister’s authority, devolve more power to the provinces, and ensure independence to the judiciary.
But a significant transfer of power from the presidency to parliament, or from the central to provincial governments, has yet to be brought about.
He is more powerful than ever, as the country's most important institutions – the Revolutionary Guards, Guardian Council, presidency and parliament – are currently led by individuals who were either directly appointed by him or are unfailingly loyal to him.
On April 7, 2009, Moldova made headlines when peaceful protests against unfair elections were hijacked by a small number of provocateurs who attacked the parliament building and presidential palace.
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