Sentence examples for intergovernmental agreements from inspiring English sources

Intergovernmental agreements make a difference and are worth striving for.

The new intergovernmental agreements declare that the Treasury Department will seek legislative approval to disclose a much broader array of data covering investments, pensions and insurance.

Though to some degree they go against the principles of solidarity and consensus in the 27-nation European Union, intergovernmental agreements among some but not all members have always been an option.

Robert Stack, the Treasury deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs, said in a statement on the latest extension, "We are providing an additional six months to complete intergovernmental agreements with countries and jurisdictions across the globe".

All the other 26 European Union countries either agreed to the proposals, which will be negotiated according to intergovernmental agreements, or said they would seek the approval of their parliaments back home.

"Why else would they need another six months to push everybody into the intergovernmental agreements?" James Hines, a corporate taxation professor at the University of Michigan, said some foreign governments were refusing to cooperate with the new rules.

One big hurdle was cleared last year when an intergovernmental agreement was signed in Ankara between Turkey and EU member states.

In theory, their accord is an intergovernmental agreement among 25 countries that just happen to be EU members.

Still, momentum toward binding new fiscal rules could be achieved by an intergovernmental agreement in the interim, while treaty changes go on apace.

The idea was for a new mechanism euphemistically called "a special purpose vehicle" — essentially eurobonds created by intergovernmental agreement among euro zone countries.

An intergovernmental agreement among the main countries of the euro zone could be reached much faster, and unlike a treaty, would not involve holding any national referendums.