Sentence examples for democratic authority from inspiring English sources

TTIP could even undermine the democratic authority of local government.

Paradoxically, the unelected Lords strengthens the democratic authority of the Commons.

"The prime minister is absolutely right to defend our democratic authority.

They are moving through institutions one by one, trying to ensure support for a new democratic authority.

The old ways of presidential diktat no longer work, but new ways based on consultation, consensus and the exercise of democratic authority have yet to be created.

With the elevation of religious solidarity over and above democratic authority, Israel has become more fundamentalist and less modern, more separatist and less open to the outside world.

Diplomats are also eager to build a partnership with the new, more democratic authorities in Belgrade.

"We knew about the scenario to create confusion in Croatia, confusion intended to overthrow the democratic authorities in Croatia," he told the Croatian television.

The Holy See is not a democracy, nor a signatory to the European Convention of Human Rights, and it stands above mere democratic law, refusing to hand over its criminals to democratic authorities.

For two years, the people of this Danube River town kept the dark secret that has now led to the first move by Serbia's new democratic authorities to charge Slobodan Milosevic with war crimes.

Both stem from a distrust of democratic authorities, a sense that it is better for the individual to stand up and be counted, especially if he or she is gifted with godlike powers (or in Trump's case, believes he is).