Sentence examples for erc from inspiring English sources

Otherwise he may opt for smaller parties based around two supporters in the previous parliament, United Left and the separatist Catalan Republican Left (ERC).

The UDC has already suggested that it may form a new centrist coalition.Mr Mas wants ERC to join him in a single list, in effect forming another coalition.

The ERC will bind it to a promised referendum on independence that Mr Rajoy's government plans to reject.

It was the nationalist parties, notably ERC, that were the main losers in the election.

To that end he wants the ERC to stand on the same list as the separatist wing of his own Convergence and Union (CiU) coalition.

And even within Mr Mas's nationalist Convergence and Union (CiU) coalition there is a strong sector opposed to outright independence.With his coalition divided, Mr Mas is increasingly dependent on the separatist Catalan Republican Left (ERC) party for support.

His original plan for a single list uniting all the separatist parties has been dropped at the insistence of his rivals from the Catalan Republican Left (ERC).

But the Catalan Republican Left (ERC), a left-wing pro-independence party, almost doubled its vote.Neither the CiU nor the second-placed Socialists now have a majority, leaving the balance of power in the hands of the ERC leader, Josep Lluís Carod-Rovira.

The ERC would be quite different, placing its emphasis on competition between researchers and leaving scientists themselves to decide which areas of science to pursue.

The European Commission proposes to establish a European Research Council (ERC) that would spend a maximum of €12 billion ($14 billion) over seven years on "blue skies" research.

The ardently separatist Catalan Republican Left (ERC), which props up his minority government, wants him to defy Madrid by calling an illegal referendum if need be.