Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Andreas Papandreou threatened to torpedo its major goal: a painstakingly constructed agreement on the terms under which Spain and Portugal would be able to join the Community. Papandreou announced that unless the Community provided a six-year, $3.75 billion program to assist poor farmers in Mediterranean countries, he would veto any entry plan...
Papandreou campaigned against Greek participation in NATO and the E.G. when he came to power in 1981, and he has been difficult ever since. Community decisions must be unanimous, and Papandreou has used the veto threat while demanding special benefits for Greece. He borrowed the tactic from Thatcher, who stalled the Community for five years while she insisted that Britain deserved a rebate on its Community budget contributions. In Dublin, Papandreou dragged the summit for five hours beyond its scheduled closing to argue that Greek, French and Italian farmers will need massive financial aid to help them adjust...
...Greek Prime Minister agreed to go along with the Community in negotiating the agreements with Spain, but reserved his right to veto the entry of the applicants. The demands, which were labeled "Utopian" by Kohl, seemed to leave most of the other leaders more annoyed than concerned. The reason: Greece already receives $750 million a year more from the E.C. than it pays in. If Spanish membership is blocked, West Germany will refuse to raise its revenue contributions to the Community, and there will be no money at all for Mediterranean support programs. Declared Kohl: "Anyone who blocks the entry...
Tribe, a nationally recognized expert on First Amendment issues, had represented successfully Grendel's Den, a local restaurant, in challenging a legal statute upholding a neighborhood church's right to limit liquor licensing within its immediate vicinity. Under Massachusetts law at that time, churches and schools could veto liquor licenses for any establishments within a 500-foot proximity...
...harbors last February and March (the mining stopped by April). The Sandinistas lost no time in going before the United Nations Security Council in New York City, introducing a resolution that called for the immediate end to the mining of Nicaraguan ports. The U.S. used its Security Council veto to block the resolution. The Nicaraguans then decided to take their complaint to the World Court, the judicial arm of the U.N. and the highest forum for resolving disputes between nations. When the U.S. learned of Nicaragua's intention, it launched an ill-conceived pre-emptive strike: just three days...