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... in 2003. “A Fiasco But Not a Disaster” Europe’s Search for a Constitution Mark Gilbert The European Union is no stranger to crisis, clude some of the EU’s new intake.1 These but there is little doubt that its latest row countries are heavily dependent upon Ger­ over...

.... But Schieder writes that, for women struggling to extricate themselves from violent households, these “bonds that link families become bondage.” She discusses how policies under Shinzô Abe, including a proposed constitutional revision, seek to strengthen the neoliberal order at the expense of women. When I...

... people were to of the city in An American in Paris to tap- vote in a referendum on the new European dance in a downpour along the cobble­ constitution. By mid-April, with merely a stones, I found myself in danger of suc­ few weeks to go before the fateful vote, it cumbing to the general awful mood...

... in conducting war that has made Japan keep its pacifist the Tokyo war crimes tribunal. Thus, a constitution— written and imposed by the prime minister’s visit to Yasukuni under­ American military occupiers, and which bars mines an understanding meant to be the ba­ Japan from acquiring a military...

... constitution by voters nounced “un débat démocratique exemplaire,” in France and the Netherlands. On May 29, of some of the core principles that have 5 5 percent of the French electorate voted underlain the EU’s development from a the constitution down. On June 1, 62 per­ West European club...

... senators. WPJ: In a scenario where this proposed constitution does pass or is imposed, what do you think happens in the elections if they go forward in mid-2017? TS: The junta is doing that. They can appoint any [prime minister] if the parliament includes 200 appointed senators. And also...

... representation of women in parliament. Rwanda’s post-genocide constitution requires that 30 percent of all decision-making bodies be made up of women, while Bolivia passed a raft of measures in the run up to its 2014 parliamentary elections to increase women’s participation in the electoral process...

... have forged the path, but we still have much hard work ahead of us. Political-party culture immediately emerged as a vital issue. Our goal is effective parliamentary government, under the umbrella of our unifying constitutional monarchy and parliamentary political system based on the Constitution...

... revival touches a nerve. The ruling Lib­ China soared in reaction to the surge of eral Democratic Party is in the process of anti-Japanese demonstrations. During the writing a new Japanese constitution, and last 15 years, the previous time dislike of there was talk of adopting a clause...

... that remained mented. Every opinion poll leading up to outstanding after most Spaniards voted for a the March 2004 parliamentary elections democratic constitution in 1978. This “sec­ suggested that the conservative Popular ond transition” could change the shape of Party (Partido Popular, or pp...

...- ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR SPAIN Over 60% think that refugees from Syria and Iraq constitute a major threat 40–60% think that refugees from...

... government. Japanese pacifism draws much of its moral strength from Article 9 of the postwar constitution, which renounces “war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.” In spite of, or rather because of, such an institutionally...

... society was forced to bear every day and which the government seemed both unwilling and unable to address. In parallel, the infrastructure for a future religious authoritarianism was being erected, particularly in the form of Egypt’s 2012 constitution, which was later voided after the ouster of Morsi...

... rhetoric backed by a left-wing economic work of grass-roots associations was de­ agenda. The key mechanism behind this signed by the Chávez government to meet enterprise was a new constitution enacted several intertwined purposes, mostly of a in December 1999 that made him...

... that nothing will ever be the same. Over the following weeks, in a quiet Burkina Faso, negotiations have begun between representatives of political parties, civil society, traditional leaders, religious leaders, and the military. Each understands and accepts at least the principle of a return to constitutional...

... they do almost anywhere else. At the most fundamental level, the region’s post-1989 constitutions continue to assert that women have equal rights as men. Many nations also offer explicit constitutional commitments to mothers. For example, Bulgaria’s constitution guarantees “prenatal and postnatal leave...

.... Reading more than a little idealized. The EU re­ Rifkin’s book one would never grasp either mains in most important ways an organiza­ that the EU’s new constitution, which was tion of nation-states whose primary form of finally signed on October 29, 2004, was governance is traditional diplomacy...

... and constitutional systems. Participating states would have pledged not to authorize conventional arms transfers “for the purpose of facilitating the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes constituting grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, or serious violations of Common Article 3...

... allow other, more productive entrepreneurs to join the elite. the state of vietnamese politics should be judged less by its formal constitution and laws than by its practice. Second, Vietnam’s political leaders can expect a grace period of stability in the next five or ten years. The under...

... and the beginning of a new chapter, but his statement makes it very clear it is simply a continuation of the same chapter. Now we have, constitutionally and institutionally, separated the spiritual from the political leadership of the institution of the Dalai Lama. We have done that by amending the constitution...