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The position of the European Greens was also weakened by the principle of rotation which some member parties ( Germany and the Netherlands ) used, with their MEPs being replaced by another after serving half their term.
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Under the care of his mother, he was given not only that religious and Oriental education which his position as the religious leader of the Ismailis made indispensable, but a sound European training, a boon denied to his father and paternal grandfather.
The Troth takes the " universalist " position, claiming Asatru as a synonym for " Northern European Heathenry " taken to comprise " many variations, names, and practices, including Theodism, Irminism, Odinism, and Anglo-Saxon Heathenry ".
Through the reputation of its venerable founder and its position as a major European centre of learning, Columba's Iona became a place of pilgrimage.
Charlton then lifted the League One trophy on 5 May 2012, having been in the top position since 15 September 2011, and after recording a 3 – 2 victory over Hartlepool United, recorded their highest ever league points score of 101, the highest in any professional European league that year.
In 1507, she also held the position of Ambassador for the Spanish Court in England when her father found himself without one, becoming the first female ambassador in European history.
In recognition of his senior position in the Allied command, on December 20, 1944 he was promoted to General of the Army, equivalent to the rank of Field Marshal in most European armies.
Nevertheless the consolidation held through the 1990s, assisted by the group being renamed to the European People's Party – European Democrats ( EPP-ED Group ), and the group reclaimed its position as the largest group in the Parliament after the 1999 elections.
ECMWF, through its partnerships with EUMETSAT, ESA, the EU and the European Science community has established a leading position for Europe in the exploitation of satellite data for operational numerical weather prediction, and in the exploitation of satellite data for operational seasonal forecasting with coupled atmosphere-ocean-land models.
" Orwell was a proponent of a federal socialist Europe, a position outlined in his 1947 essay " Toward European Unity ," which first appeared in Partisan Review.
Since German reunification in 1990, and the accession of some Central European and Baltic States into the European Union in 2004, the Port of Hamburg has restarted ambitions for regaining its position as the region's largest deep-sea port for container shipping and its major commercial and trading centre.
However, it has been suggested that the recent change in the European Union's position regarding the many organizations " that have been too easily included in the UN terror list " might have influenced the UN's position.
Freethought as a philosophical position and as activism was important in both North American and European individualist anarchism.
He was the first Magyar statesman who, for centuries, had occupied a European position.
He worked to restore the West German economy from the destruction in World War II to a central position in Europe, rebuilt its army and came to terms with France, helped make possible Western European unification, opposed rival East Germany, and made his nation a member of NATO and a firm ally of the United States.
The position is therefore more comparable with hereditary knighthoods in continental European orders of nobility, such as ritter, than with knighthoods under the British orders of chivalry.
The thrust of the book was against the pro-war position taken by the European social democratic parties, primarily the German party.
Miller was also a co-signatory of “ the letter of 8 ”, signed by eight European prime ministers, supporting the US position on Iraq.
Robert Rex, ethnically part European, part native, was appointed the country's first premier, a position he held until his death 18 years later.
The modern city of Calabar was founded in 1786 by Efik families who had left Creek Town, further up the Calabar river, settling on the east bank in a position where they were able to dominate traffic with European vessels that anchored in the river, and soon becoming the most powerful in the region.
Bismarck's astute, cautious, and pragmatic foreign policies allowed Germany to retain peacefully the powerful position into which he had brought it ; maintaining amiable diplomacy with almost all European nations.
In recent years, Poland has extended its responsibilities and position in European and Western affairs, supporting and establishing friendly foreign relations with both the West and with numerous European countries.
position and Greens
The " blue-green " Progressive Greens were contrasted with the better-known " red-green " Green Party, which generally takes a left-wing position.
Proportional representation has strengthened the position of the Australian Greens and the Green Party of New Zealand and enabled them to participate directly in legislatures and policy-making committees.
He became an MP and the leader of the parliamentary party of the Greens ( Alliance ' 90 / The Greens from 1993 ) in the Baden-Württemberg legislature in 1984, a position he held until 1988, and then later again from 1992 to 2000, having worked as a Professor of Linguistic Communication in the years in between.
Support for STV and recognition that it was a proportional voting system was substantial enough among BC Greens that Carr was forced to change her position to one that had her declare that although she opposed STV personally, Greens would be free to vote however they chose.
In several other cities the Greens achieved the position of the 3rd largest party.
The ALP government currently holds 31 seats in the Senate, eight short of a majority, with the Greens on nine seats, a sole balance of power position, therefore, like Kavanagh, Madigan's vote is unlikely to be a decider in a senate division because the Green bloc paired with either Labor or the coalition is enough to win a division in the current 2011 – 14 Senate composition.
If there are no other nominations, no election is required, however the Australian Greens in 2005 and again in 2007 put forward Senator Kerry Nettle as a rival candidate when the position of President was vacant.
Bahro also called for the overcoming of the right-left scheme: To get out of the minority position, the Greens should also " penetrate into the territory of the Bavarian CSU ".
Miriam Gillis, who joined the Council in January 2011 on a countback after the resignation of Cr Rose Iser who accepted a position as electorate officer with Federal Australian Greens MHR Adam Bandt.
The same article claimed that Windsor supports the Coalition's position on water, and the Greens position on a universal dental scheme.
The Greens, another party in Parliament to take a position similar to that of the Māori protesters, also voted against the bill, saying that it overrode Māori rights and offered no guarantee that the land would not later be sold.
In a coalition with the Greens, the VSStÖ became the president of the national Student Union in 2001 and remained in this position until 2007.
The CSV is in a strong enough position to form a coalition with any one of three parties: LSAP ( partner in the Juncker-Asselborn Ministry ), the DP ( partner in the Juncker-Polfer Ministry ), and the Greens ( who have never entered the government ).
Risstrom nominated for pre-selection to contest the Australian federal election, 2007 as the Victorian Greens candidate for the Australian Senate but did not succeed in winning the party's internal ballot for the lead candidate position.
In the 2011 mayoral election, two Greens, ( Eder and Marshall ) ran for the expanded mayoral position.
In that year Labour and the Liberal Democrats continued their coalition with a slender majority, and it was again the stated position of the Scottish Greens to aim for such a coalition in 2007, despite possible tension between the Unionist Labour and the Liberal Democrats and the pro independence Scottish Greens.
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If it were the enemy, tactically his position was correct.
She was sitting on the edge of the bed again, back in the same position where the snake had found her.
he became Otto Klemperer's personal assistant at the Cologne Opera, and a year later was promoted to the position of regular conductor.
The state's rights position was formulated by Jefferson and Madison in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolves, but in their later careers as heads of state the two proved themselves better Hamiltonians than Jeffersonians.
They, perhaps, gave the pitch of their position in the preface where it was said that Eisenhower requested that the Commission be administered by the American Assembly of Columbia University, because it was non-partisan.
He claimed that the release of the preliminary findings was ' prejudicial to his position ' ''.
A few weeks later the maps were being divided into squares and a position was described as being `` about lots 239, 247 and 272 with pickets forward as far as 196 ''.
The result was that I found myself in the ridiculous position of having made a formal engagement by letter for the next week, only two days before my departure from London.
Luckily both women knew my position and if anyone suffered in their opinion it was not I ''.
The position of the new camp was admirably selected and well fortified, its easily defensible nature being one good reason why Howe did not attack it.
To the pope, head of the universal Church, to the duke of Burgundy, taking full advantage of his position on the borders of France and of the Empire, or to Othon, who found it quite natural that he should do homage to Edward for Tipperary and to the count of Savoy for Grandson, Flotte's outspoken nationalism was completely incomprehensible.
During his aggressive campaign to win his present position, Mr. Kennedy was vitriolic about this country's `` prestige '' abroad.
It was only natural that Fletcher would strive for a position in which he could make the decisions.
Brains and beauty, high position in both the social and intellectual worlds, athlete, fabled lover -- if ever the world was any man's oyster it was his.
The inference is overwhelming that Du Pont's commanding position was promoted by its stock interest and was not gained solely on competitive merit ''.
The promotion of Robert E. Swift to the position of Assistant Manager of the Interference Control Field Service Department was announced early in December by Frederick S. Scarborough, Manager of Interference Control Field Service.
At the end of its letter was the information that applicants for this position `` must also be prepared to teach costume design and advertising art ''.
`` I'm General Burnside's horse, upside down '', Arlene said, sort of gaspingly, for her: even she had to breathe kind of funny when she was in that position.
Serum potassium at this time was 3.8 mEq. per liter, and the hemoglobin was 13.9 gm. By Dec. 1, 1958, the weakness in the pelvic and quadriceps muscle groups was appreciably worse, and it became difficult for the patient to rise unaided from a sitting or reclining position.
There was a significantly greater number in this group who reported a desk as being in a tilted position while a tennis ball resting on it remained stationary on the incline.
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