Sentence examples for for backsliding from inspiring English sources

They admired Mr Bush's chiding of Russia for backsliding on democracy when he met Mr Putin in Bratislava in February.

While EU officials and politicians berate Ukraine for backsliding – on privatisation, modernising the infrastructure and, of course, corruption – the buccaneers of US business give a fine impression of remaining bullish.

The key judgments of the report are the following: The building of an Iraqi democracy would be a long, difficult and probably turbulent process with potential for backsliding into Iraq's tradition of authoritarianism.

We must make sure that electoral progress continues and is not an excuse for backsliding in other areas: legal reform, foreign ownership of Saudi businesses, educational reform and others.

When Haider joined a ruling coalition in the early 2000s, Austria was sanctioned by other European countries for backsliding on democratic principles – a first in the history of the European project.

The AidWatch report singled out the two biggest countries in the eurozone – Germany and France – for backsliding on commitments they had made, and said it was worried that 14% of EU aid – €7.35bn – did not reach developing countries.

Does making the leadership of the country more reflective of the public run the risk of backsliding on freedoms for women, artists, gays?

Rather, he seems keenly aware that his electoral success is linked less to a desire for progress than to a fear of backsliding.

It also sends a bad signal to other states, which for years have looked to New York for leadership — not backsliding — on climate change.

"Who is sleeping?" One business owner, Sheri David, is backsliding for business reasons.

There was no contingency planning for the breakdown of the world order, for the resurrection of the autocratic model, for democratic backsliding, for the rise of radical Islam and fascism.