The prime minister seems to think that, because he was elected and re-elected, he now has the authority to override objections to, say, his plans to destroy a park or build a mosque in the center of Istanbul.
At a meeting here on Monday, foreign ministers from the 27-nation bloc decided to open Serbia's path to membership, overriding objections from those who want to keep pressure on the government in Belgrade to help arrest Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb general accused of genocide.
Germany and France won extra time on Tuesday to reduce their budget deficits, overriding objections from four smaller countries that the compromise risks the credibility of the euro by undermining European Union fiscal rules.
Last year, overriding objections from Islington and Camden councils, Boris Johnson gave his approval to the newly privatized Royal Mail's proposal for a 681-unit luxury development in the grounds of its Mount Pleasant sorting office a mile or so away.
Last year, overriding objections from Islington and Camden councils, Boris Johnson gave his approval to the newly privatised Royal Mail's proposal for a 681-unit luxury development in the grounds of its Mount Pleasant sorting office a mile or so away.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 25 (AP) — Lebanon's American-backed government on Saturday approved the creation of an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, overriding objections by Hezbollah and the country's pro-Syrian president, Émile Lahoud.
No decisions are expected from the two-hour meeting, but ministers will call on the European parliament "as a matter of urgency" to adopt an agreement on security forces' use of airport passenger data, overriding objections from privacy campaigners.
Overriding objections from pious constituents, the ruling Justice and Development (AK) party has just restored an ancient Armenian church in eastern Turkey.
In Uppark's case, the Trust confidently overrode objections to pastiche, familiar since William Morris launched the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (Spab), and determined that a fake patina should match the authentically patinated contents.
She doesn't have any good qualities [as a mother]." He tried to amend his comment later, but failed to override objections from Newman.
