Sentence examples for hand a mandate from inspiring English sources

So the U.K. government stands accused of, on the one hand, claiming it's increasing investment in cyber security, while at the same time trying to hand a mandate to another set of government-funded actors to undermine digital security at will.

Commenting on Tsipras's refusal to engage in exploratory discussions with the main opposition leader, Evangelos Meimarakis – handed a mandate to form a government last Friday – a senior official said: "The prime minister explained … that there is no chance of establishing a government in the current parliament, which is why he immediately handed the mandate to the president of the republic".

Maigari was also handed a mandate to plan for elections to be held as soon as possible for the NFF presidency and board members.

Germans like Mr. Masur have long seen themselves as Central Europe's civilizing hand, with a mandate to soothe whatever cultural savagery might spring up to the east.

The commission negotiates trade deals, but only after EU leaders have handed down a mandate.

Will he fool them a second time -- when his achievements in diluting sensible financial reform are apparent for all to see? Vote for Scott Brown if you want to hand the megabanks a mandate to ruin the economy, again.

Polly Toynbee disagreed and said the electorate had not handed a clear mandate to the Tories.

But Mr Musharraf was a busted flush, and his successors have at least one ace he never had in his hands: a democratic mandate.

Although he has been handed a robust mandate, Mr Sarkozy is still mindful of the 55% of French voters who rejected the draft EU constitution in a referendum two years ago.

Now that his political crusade, called the Five Star Movement, has been handed a powerful mandate, Mr. Grillo's challenge will be to decide how to use it to change an establishment that has long viewed him as a demagogic, even reckless, man who risks taking Italy down the path of Greece.

When Spain's Popular Party swept the polls in December, it was handed a clear mandate to reform.