Word: vetoes
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...officers.”Cooper also said that since the threat of a protest prompted the Society to close the event to the public, “the [Law School] community was prohibited from hearing Judge Bybee by a small group of students exercising a heckler’s veto.”Darryl Li ’01, a member of the Alliance for Justice in the Middle East at Harvard—which organized the protest along with Harvard Law Student Advocates for Human Rights—responded strongly to Cooper, saying that “the tortured...
...Although the Security Council has the power to impose sanctions on Iran, that option is strongly opposed by veto-wielders Russia and China, and won't be initially sought by the U.S. and its allies. Instead, the Security Council will likely issue some form of ultimatum for Iran to comply with IAEA demands within a given time frame - the U.S. is believed to want a 30-day deadline - followed by a further resolution threatening action after that...
...escalate matters. The IAEA had already in principle decided, at its previous board meeting in January, to refer Iran to the Security Council, yet Monday's meeting - expected to last up to three days - is still expected to offer Tehran another 30 days in which to cut a deal. Veto-wielding Security Council members Russia and China remain resolutely opposed to sanctions, which conflict with their own national economic interests, and it's not immediately clear exactly what outcome the U.S. - which currently holds the rotating Security Council chair - would seek from a Council discussion on the Iran issue. While...
...eager to see their national players swallowed up by outside predators. "The government's wish is clear: to defend our national interests," said French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin last week. Madrid is no different; late last month, Spain's Council of Ministers boosted its energy watchdog's veto powers over foreign takeovers. The regulator - stuffed full of government allies - might well scupper the German bid. Of course, some European governments dislike the idea of any familiar brand - from yogurt to automobiles - being swallowed up by foreigners, even if it's unusual for them to try to block such deals...
...white paper published last month by consultants Global Insight, argues that from three to seven firms could help lift the bloc's competitiveness, "provided that [the energy companies] are clearly seen to compete and do not lapse into a cozy oligopoly." Because Brussels lacks the power to veto every merger outright, Weale recommends capping large firms' share of domestic or regional markets, encouraging them to recover that lost market share in a neighboring member state. Brussels, though, might be hard pushed to enforce the measure. And such a change, if it came at all, would take years to implement...