Sentence examples for back membership from inspiring English sources

Yet he claims to feel certain that the voters, especially young ones, will back membership in the necessary referendum.

The Communists, who back membership for Cyprus, won 34.7percentt of the vote, less than a percentage point ahead of the Democratic Rally, a right-wing party that makes up the largest faction in the departing legislature.

With approval, memberships may be resold; the club will buy back memberships at a discount.

The EU remains popular among Poles, with 86% backing membership.

Britain has been grumbling about the European Union for four decades without getting close to withdrawal; a 1975 referendum backed membership by a wide margin.

SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said the vote exacerbates the democratic deficit in Scotland, coming just weeks after Scottish voters overwhelmingly backed membership of the European Union but were outvoted by those in England and Wales.

In many respects the Spaniards are deeply pacifist: though they backed membership of NATO in a referendum in 1986 and opinion polls showed they supported the war in Kosovo, similar polls suggest they would not want to see Spain fight even to defend Ceuta and Melilla.

Ties became closer in 2005 when a referendum backed membership of the EU Schengen and Dublin agreements, bringing Switzerland into Europe's passport-free zone and increasing cooperation on crime and asylum issues.

Opinion polls show the public backs membership, in part because they see the alliance as protection from Russia, which sent troops into Georgia six years ago and backs two separatist regions which reject Tbilisi's rule.

Asked to explain how he had come to back EU membership, given his previous hostility – including voting against Britain's membership of the European Economic Community the last time it was put to a referendum in 1975 – the Labour leader said there had been a very big debate among party members, trade unionists and MPs.

Both men ultimately supported intervention in Kosovo and back Chinese membership in the World Trade Organization.