Fred Teeven, the Netherlands' deputy justice minister, argued that he had no legitimate reason to buck the rules, and a broad majority in Parliament agreed.Meanwhile, a "purple" Labour-Liberal government, much like those Mr Fortuyn denounced, is back in power.
And a broad majority of Americans dislike the idea of stripping U.S. citizenship from those who burn the flag.
Opinion surveys suggest that the likeliest coalition after next year's elections would be the so-called grand coalition with the Social Democrats, which would give Ms. Merkel a broad majority and perhaps even the mandate she would need for unpopular decisions.
American democracy is an unfortunate example: its governing institutions are stuck, its politics are polarized and sensible policies supported by a broad majority of Americans, from reasonable gun control to higher taxes on the wealthy, go nowhere.
"The IPO has the support of a broad majority in parliament, and we look forward to following the company's continued journey as a listed company".
Those results showed how Mexico's opposition forces have grown into a broad majority, but their division between two major candidates could bring a new governing party triumph.
More than six in 10, moreover, said they mostly agreed with what he said about race relations in this country, including a broad majority of Democrats and independents, but fewer — four in 10 — Republicans.
But the financial panic and economic collapse of 2008 and Washington's shocking new proposals, laws, deficits and debt have changed the consciousness of a broad majority of the nation.
In El-Balyana, during the first year after the revolution, Morsi won a broad majority in the Presidential election, and the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice candidate was just behind Rafat for the second non-list parliamentary seat.
Scenes of black car hordes taking over north Brooklyn and Manhattan come April is a common fear; a broad majority of the transit advocates and residents VICE has spoken with for this project voiced worry that the residents who can afford it will simply hop into for-hire vehicles each day, thus plugging up what will desperately need to be seamless thoroughfares.
By Andy Borowitz November 9, 2014 NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) — The United States of America is on the wrong track and no one is taking action to fix it, says a broad majority of registered voters who did not vote last Tuesday.
