In 1940 he proposed the permanent union of Britain and France.
Their rule effected the permanent union of Spain and the beginning of an overseas empire in the New World, led by Christopher Columbus under Isabella's sponsorship.
(Charles apparently had convinced Martin that the only guarantee of a permanent union between East and West was the conquest of the Byzantine Empire).
This marriage of convenience could become a more permanent union if, as some expect, Israel decides to export gas through Cyprus.
The lack of a permanent union leader has made it nearly impossible for the league to move forward on certain initiatives, including testing for human growth hormone, which Commissioner David Stern wants in place for the coming season.
"As a matter of public policy," the Committee of Interns and Residents says in a draft of the lawsuit, "the City of New York should not give tax breaks to projects that eliminate permanent union jobs in the Bronx".
Although that relationship has become politically controversial, the vast majority of Puerto Rican voters have continued to favour permanent union with the United States, with a slightly greater number favouring the current commonwealth relationship rather than statehood.
The term in modern political use is generally confined to a permanent union of sovereign states for certain common purposes e.g., the German Confederation established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
In 1539 the companions decided to form a permanent union, adding a vow of obedience to a superior elected by themselves to the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the Roman pontiff that they had already taken.
"The next step, quite frankly, is having three people or four people that love each other being able to enter into a permanent union endorsed by society – or any other type of relationship," Bernardi declared.
