Sentence examples for decree a package from inspiring English sources

SHOWING that he is not averse to a bit of PR spin, Italy's new prime minister, Mario Monti, called it his "Save Italy" decree: a package of fiscal adjustments worth €30 billion ($40 billion) over three years.

The government decreed a package of abrupt price increases, setting the stage for a new surge of inflation.

The package of amendments would also give the president unchecked power to decree a state of emergency and suspend basic rights indefinitely.

It can decree an election, or it can decree a coin flip.

Suharto decreed a quick and quiet funeral.

Instead it decreed a rise in connection charges.

He decreed a near doubling of property tax rates.

But as one of its final acts the Convention added the "Two-thirds Decree" to the package, requiring for the sake of continuity that two-thirds of its deputies must sit by right in the new legislature regardless of voting in the départements.

On Tuesday, Hollande authorised his prime minister, Manuel Valls, to use a rare and controversial form of decree to ram through a package of economic bills without the usual parliamentary vote.

The board also decreed an end to all public input.

The new legislature issued a package of decrees designed to reorganize the economy with a view toward reducing government involvement and encouraging private enterprise, but these were insufficient to ameliorate the growing economic and political crisis.