Sentence examples for abstain to from inspiring English sources

There was never any agreement that we would support or abstain to allow this measure to go through".

All four parties are bound to exploit Harman's decision to abstain to claim Labour has forsaken its ideological roots.

As the PP already has the support of the centre-right Citizens party, only 11 PSOE MPs need to abstain to give Rajoy the majority he needs.

Mr Rajoy will now be counting the number of socialist MPs ready to abstain to his benefit – a potential recipe for more, not less, uncertainty.

"If that doesn't work, it's going to be complicated because the socialist party will be under pressure to abstain to facilitate the adoption of the budget.

Mariano Rajoy, leader of the conservative People's party (PP), was returned to office following a second investiture vote on Saturday, after the Spanish Socialist party (PSOE) chose to abstain to break the political paralysis and avoid a third election.

During the committee meeting on Thursday, France indicated that it intended to abstain, according to diplomats.

These days, it's more transgressive to abstain than to overindulge.

My Group has therefore been compelled either to abstain or to vote against the report.

Tonight, the board voted 10 to 0, with Mr. Caligiuri abstaining, to call for Mr. Giordano's resignation.

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman said Sunday that he understood why the administration abstained: to preserve its diplomatic leverage.