Sentence examples for persistent breaches from inspiring English sources

But the new dispute is more technical, relating to persistent breaches of deficit rules.

The EU environment commissioner, Janez Potocnik, has singled out Britain for its "persistent" breaches of the air quality directive.

Last year, reflecting its ambitions, the European Union revised its treaties to allow the sanctioning of member states in which there are "serious and persistent" breaches of principles of liberty, democracy and respect for human rights.

Another government-funded news channel, Press TV, the Iranian state broadcaster's English language outlet, was closed down in the UK two years ago, after its licence was revoked by Ofcom for persistent breaches of broadcasting regulations.

The "serious diplomatic incident" happened days after Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change disengaged from Mugabe's Zanu-PF party, citing human rights violations and persistent breaches of their power-sharing agreement.

Under its treaties, the European Union can suspend any member found to be "in serious and persistent breach" of fundamental principles.

The EU could only remove Poland's voting rights if member states agree unanimously there has been "a serious and persistent breach of the rule of law".

In Brussels, the European parliament urged the EU to be ready to suspend the membership of any Austrian government if it made a "serious and persistent" breach of basic EU principles, as defined in the 1997 Amsterdam treaty.

But a finding of a "serious and persistent breach of the rule of law" would have to be unanimous, and Hungary has voiced its intent to support the Polish Government.

But government warnings to international journalists whose work had displeased authorities "constitute a gross and persistent breach of international standards, by which journalists' visas should be issued on the basis of professional criteria, not of their previous reporting," the emailed summary of the findings said.

Let me conclude by asking for consideration to be given, in the framework of the IGC, to possibly amending the Treaty of Amsterdam, specifically its Article 7 which concerns action against any Member State guilty of a "serious and persistent breach" of fundamental freedoms and rights.