TUNIS — Tunisia's governing Islamist party, Ennahda, thrust into power by the Arab Spring, has agreed to step down after months of political wrangling with a hard-bargaining opposition.
Warren Hoge (NYT) SPAIN: LEFTIST PACT After 10 days of tense bargaining, the opposition Socialists made a rare alliance with the smaller Communist-led United Left to campaign jointly for the Senate in the March 12 general elections, but not for seats in the lower house of Parliament, as the Socialists had also demanded.
Thirdly, underlying mistrust associated with perceived lack of government's commitment towards transparency and good governance affected active engagement of all key players dampening the spirit of collective bargain breeding opposition.
Ghada Jamsheer, a leading woman activist said the government was using the law as a "bargaining tool with opposition Islamic groups".
The Syrian opposition's bargaining hand has been weakened on the battlefield, largely owing to the strong military support given to Assad by Russia, but also as a result of attacks by the al-Nusra Front, an Islamist group not party to the peace talks.
The roads are uncongested; the airport is more a museum than a transport hub.Mr Lukashenka seems in a mood to bargain, an offer the opposition think should be ignored.
The precise terms of the bargain remain unclear prompting opposition parties to trot out tired conspiracy theories about American plans to carve out an independent Kurdish state from Turkey.
But today's stall-out notwithstanding, the objections don't seem to have scuttled the possible bargain: The stiffest public opposition to the deal-in-the-making been confined to activists and ideological flame-keepers, and the crucial legislative voices are still on-side with their leaders.
This is true most obviously because managerial opposition to collective bargaining has become pervasive.
It is also likely that the central bank used its opposition as a bargaining chip to keep pressure on the fiscal authorities of the European Union member states to provide more fiscal resources to recapitalize their banks and to fund official loans to Greece and other periphery countries.
The UK High Court has granted a union permission to challenge Deliveroo's opposition to collective bargaining for its couriers on human rights grounds.
