Sentence examples for loose union from inspiring English sources

Its very loose union with Montenegro may change over the next few years.

JANUARY 2003 -- Montenegro's Parliament votes in favor of Western-backed accord to form a loose union with Serbia.

He also worked to create institutions for the new state of Serbia and Montenegro, the loose union that had been inaugurated in February 2003 to replace Yugoslavia.

His empire in Europe, now without the imperial title, was still only a loose union of independent states recognizing the same head.

Serbs outnumber Montenegrins nine to one in the loose union set up three years ago on the insistence of Javier Solana, the EU foreign policy chief.

Serbian nationalists and the Serbian government are strongly opposed to Montenegro splitting off, although the loose union linking Serbia and Montenegro is widely viewed as utterly dysfunctional.

The dominance achieved by German traders came about largely as a result of cooperation that took two forms: (1) Merchants far from their various hometowns but with a common interest in some particular branch of foreign trade tended increasingly to form Hanses with each other; (2) German towns formed loose unions.

But, for many, nothing short of ever looser union will suffice.

Belgium is an ever-looser union and, even so, may be a model of perpetual misery.

Its desire for an ever looser union may be postponed but cannot be avoided.

At each Reichstag, power was renegotiated and usually favoured looser union.