The UK's Ireland Act also gave a legislative guarantee that Northern Ireland would continue to remain a part of the United Kingdom unless the Parliament of Northern Ireland formally expressed a wish to join a United Ireland ; this " unionist veto " proved to be controversial during the Act's passage through Westminster, as well as in the Irish state and amongst Northern Ireland's nationalist community.

Belatedly recognising the dangers of strategic dependence, he sought a new role for Britain in Europe, but his unwillingness to disclose United States nuclear secrets to France contributed to a French veto of the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community.

For example, in 1985 he openly threatened Jacques Delors to veto the entry of Spain and Portugal in the Community in order to secure more monetary aid for Greece.

In Finland the choice was criticized by some and a group of religious leaders even called for President Halonen to veto their entry.

Consitutional government, popular vote, trial by jury, public education, labor unions, cooperatives, communes, socialized ownership, world courts, and the veto power in world councils are but a few examples.

Overriding of mayoral veto on budget changes will require concurrence by board and Council, and a two-thirds vote.

No warden or guard to touch lock, key or doorknob except when accompanied by a prisoners' committee with powers of veto.

With the neutralists maintaining pressure for one of their own to succeed Mr. Hammarskjold, U Thant emerged as the only possible candidate unlikely to be waylaid by a veto.

News of the legislative veto appeared in the New Orleans papers, and Henry and William became incensed by the fact that they had not been told of the attempt in advance.

The deadlock has been caused by the Russians' new demand for a three-man ( East, West and neutral ) directorate, and thus a veto, over the control machinery.

His veto message objected to the measure because it conferred citizenship on the freedmen at a time when eleven out of thirty-six states were unrepresented in the Congress, and the bill also attempted to fix, by federal law, " a perfect equality of the white and black races in every State of the Union.

The amendment was submitted to the states for ratification by Congressional joint resolution, and therefore was not subject to Presidential veto, though Johnson vigorously opposed it, again because so many southern states were not represented in the Congress.

Congress passed a fourth Reconstruction Act ( again over a veto ) to provide for ratification of each state's constitution by a majority of those voting ( rather than requiring the vote to be all those registered ).

The executive, for example, was headed by a Greek Cypriot president, Archbishop Makarios III, and a Turkish Cypriot vice president, Dr Fazıl Küçük, elected by their respective communities for 5-year terms and each possessing a right of veto over certain types of legislation and executive decisions.

In March 2006, the parliament overturned a veto by President Václav Klaus, and the Czech Republic became the first former communist country in Europe to grant legal recognition to same-sex partnerships.

The consuls served for only a year ( a restriction intended to limit the amassing of power by individuals ) and could only rule when they agreed, because each consul could veto the other's decision.

Because the consul was the highest executive office within the Republic, they had the power to veto any action or proposal by any other magistrate, save that of the Tribune of the Plebs.

Their abilities to govern were only limited by the decrees of the Senate or the people's assemblies, and the Tribune of the Plebs was unable to veto their acts as long as the governor remained at least a mile outside of Rome.

The president has the power of veto over parliamentary decisions although it can be overrun by the parliament.

Among the acts that established his reputation was a veto of the street-cleaning bill passed by the Common Council.

The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the New York State Legislature, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.

Arranged marriages became uncommon as young people were now allowed to choose their own marriage partners, subject to a veto by the parents.

The European Commission was due to provide a final draft for the positive list by the end of 2000 ; however, this failed because of a veto from Germany and a few other Member States.

Today, fares can be set by carriers, but the government retains the ability to veto fares that are impermissibly high.

The constitution gave the president veto power over any legislation approved by parliament, virtually ensuring that the 6: 5 ratio would not be revised in the event that the population distribution changed.

This problem mainly stemmed from the fact that the primary members of the League of Nations were not willing to accept the possibility of their fate being decided by other countries, and by enforcing unanimous voting had effectively given themselves veto power.

The constitution weakened the powers of the head of state by canceling his absolute veto.

First proposed by John Pym, the effective leader of opposition to the King in Parliament and taken up by George Digby, John Hampden and others, the Grand Remonstrance summarised all of Parliament's opposition to Charles ' foreign, financial, legal and religious policies, setting forth 204 separate points of objection and calling for the expulsion of all bishops from Parliament, a purge of officials, with Parliament having a right of veto over Crown appointments and an end to sale of land confiscated from Irish rebels.

Though countries intended for the triggers to hold the United States to its commitments, the threshold ultimately provided the United States a de facto veto power over replenishment and capital increase negotiations due to its ability to bring replenishment negotiations to an impasse by threatening to withhold support.

However, the veto ( jus exclusivae ) against Rampolla's nomination, by Polish Cardinal Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko from Kraków in the name of Emperor Franz Joseph ( 1848 – 1916 ) of Austria-Hungary, was proclaimed.

In the Constituent Assembly, Rabaut de Saint-Étienne worked on the framing of the constitution ; he spoke against the establishment of the Republic, which he considered ridiculous ; and voted for the suspensive veto, as likely to strengthen the position of the Crown.

This was however not strictly enforced, as Francis II through František de Paula Hrzán z Harasova is known to have exercised the veto twice at the 1799 – 1800 conclave.

The last exercise of the veto was by Austria in 1903, when Prince Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko informed the College of Cardinals that Austria opposed the election of Mariano Rampolla.

This permitted the army to have a de facto veto over civilian governments by having the power to refuse to nominate a candidate.

As expected, Rampolla was close to being elected, but was then vetoed in the name of Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria by Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna de Kosielsko, the Prince-Bishop of Kraków and a subject of Austria-Hungary ; Franz Joseph asked the Pole to do this because the Austrian Cardinal would not impose the veto.

She achieved the de facto power to veto any such textbook of which she did not approve.

Its reaction to de Gaulle's second veto of UK membership, in 1967, thus differed from its reaction in 1964.

Holland saw the case for joining the EEC as accepting De Gaulle ’ s veto on qualified majority voting and proposed also a European Technology Community as the basis for doing so.

However, China soon declared ceasfire and due to Soviet veto in UN withdrew back to the McMahon Line and returned Indian prisoners of war in 1963.

" Patton was outraged by this lecture and moved that the General Assembly, which had the authority to veto all appointments of professors of theology at Presbyterian seminaries, should exercise this power and remove Briggs from the Union faculty.

In response, some have called for a line item veto to strengthen the rescission power and force Congress to vote on the disputed funds.

In July 2006, Harkin made a speech from the Senate floor in response to George W. Bush's veto of the embryonic stem cell research federal funding bill.

In response, the White House released a statement threatening a veto if the bill is passed by the Senate.

In response, the Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek said that he would seek a parliamentary majority ( 101 votes ) in the lower chamber to override the veto and did so successfully on March 15, 2006 with the exact number of votes needed ( 101 ) out of 177 votes cast.

The program's life was short, being closed in 1903 following a veto of state appropriations by New York governor Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. in response to a conflict over the direction and management of the School's experimental forest in Franklin County, New York.