Sentence examples for ditch austerity from inspiring English sources

Lula might then be tempted to ditch austerity and dash for growth in time for the 2006 presidential election.

In Holland, a temptation to ditch austerity and go it alone is changing a political landscape dominated for 10 years by multiculturalism and race.

What we need to do, Krugman says, is simple: ditch austerity, kickstart the economy with ambitious government spending, and bring down the deficit when we're back above water again.

Ditch austerity?

Surely therefore any government should simply ditch austerity and go for measures to promote productivity.

Syriza, the left-wing party that stormed to power in Greece in January, promised voters it would ditch austerity and renegotiate the country's €240bn (£180bn; $270bn) bailout with the European Union and International Monetary Fund.

Making that happen will require ditching austerity in favour of encouraging activity within the member states to rekindle demand, generate jobs and allow an eventual level of taxation to reduce national debt.

The public will be able to vote for a leader who shares the values of the majority in opposing Trident (the first time they have been given this chance), renationalising the railways, ditching austerity policies, and more.

Greece and Germany are on the frontline in a fierce battle about the future of European economic policy, with Syriza determined to show that ditching austerity is a better recipe for economic recovery than relentless cuts, and Germany determined to make Athens stick to the deficit-cutting agenda – and pay back the €240bn (£180bn) in bailout loans it received from the international community.

The leaders of the international community, busy negotiating the last-ditch austerity package that is supposed to precede a strategic rescue of the country know what the stakes are.

European officials have made clear their preference for Greece to continue reforming its finances rather than ditching austerity measures, as Syriza is proposing.