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And yet, though feared, they have scant political credibility; the UK’s Brexiteers, by contrast, include government ministers who count the EU’s supposedly undemocratic decision-making among its main shortcomings.
All the while, scant attention is paid to the region’s already established bodies, which are in sad shape.
There is scant chance of that if Trump is the party’s standard-bearer.
Many of us work for or hold stock in commercial organizations that seem to pay scant regard to national tax or regulatory authorities.
Hollande’s reference point seems to be the post-war idyll of his youth, a time of rapid growth, demographic recovery, scarce immigration, and scant global competition.
Foreign employers are appalled by the poor quality of Thailand’s education system, whose graduates have little foreign language proficiency and possess scant analytical skills.
Such an attack has scant chance of success, particularly after America’s costly and self-defeating misadventures in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
But Spain’s recovery is not quite what it seems, and there is scant evidence that what progress the country has made is the result of austerity and reforms.
Countries with command economies and scant experience of democracy are about to become full members of the Union, after a decade of rapid transformation.
The summit took place against a background of scant progress in negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program and growing pressure from Israel for the international community to establish a “trigger” – a line that the Islamic Republic must not cross.
For the US the story is mostly neutral: a gain in competitiveness toward Europe, a loss relative to Japan, and with no net gain or loss in competitiveness or trade, scant inflationary effects to speak about, no interest rate hikes or stock declines - nothing to get excited about.
Local and Western pro-democracy advocates say that US officials in Uzbekistan have shown scant interest in their concerns.
One cannot rule a country with so scant a majority.
But there is scant evidence to support this view.
The problem for Khamenei – and thus for those negotiating with Iran – is that there is scant benefit for him in success.
A new labor code has been adopted, but delivers scant liberalization because it does not reduce the mandatory severance pay of three months' salary and enhances the role of the official trade unions.
Indeed, the recent publication by the official People’s Daily of two Chinese scholars’ commentary questioning Japan’s sovereignty over even Okinawa suggests that the authorities have scant interest in ending the dispute anytime soon.
Because construction has occurred with scant regard for the provision of adequate waste disposal and sewage systems, the city’s rivers and canals have become garbage dumps, so choked that they can no longer serve as effective conduits to channel rainwater to the sea.
Not surprisingly, that prospect offers scant comfort to China.
Contrast that with the 30% of Americans who approve of his handling of the economy, or the scant 26% who back his approach to the federal budget deficit.
The behavior of Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) government – which shows scant concern for either law or justice – raises similar issues.
The Pentagon and State Department are still organized along these lines, with scant attention paid to Central Asia.
He has always shown scant regard for his people’s plight, and he still expects to get two-thirds or more of the oil and food he needs from China.
The state is seen as a vehicle for ensuring social justice, and there are scant references to sharia principles.
Without cuts in spending on agriculture, this would increase the national contributions of net payers to unsustainable levels, with scant value added to common policies.
That mini-crisis was followed by a series of policy setbacks that reflected China’s scant regard for India’s sensitivities on various issues.
Grillo – much like Lega Nord’s Matteo Salvini – has scant political experience, little knowledge of European history, few refined arguments, and no credible vision for the future.
Then there are those who believe that EU enlargement has prevented greater “deepening,” and who, with scant regard for the past or the future, argue that pursuing the latter requires abandoning the former.
One reason for the weakness of Abdullah’s faction is that he has scant support within the family, because the Al Saud center of power lies with the al Fahads - the six full brothers of the dead King Fahad, most importantly Prince Sultan, the Minister of Defense, and Prince Naif.
With a rainy day “reserve fund” of only 4.5% of GDP and scant access to international financial markets, Russia urgently needs a fiscal Plan B.The good news is that Russia’s government now seems to recognize this.
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