Sentence examples for powerful region from inspiring English sources

BARCELONA — Artur Mas, the president of Catalonia, was hoping to lead Spain's economically most powerful region toward secession from the rest of the country.

The scandal has engulfed this economically powerful region in recent weeks, damaging the party's image but also threatening Chancellor Angela Merkel's chances of re-election in September.

In a written reply, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told Artur Mas, leader of the economically powerful region, that "the ties that bind us together cannot be undone without enormous cost" and that the two politicians should hold talks instead.

But in Spain's most economically powerful region, Catalonia, pushing through new central government taxes could prove difficult at this point, because the regional government has set elections for November that many voters may see as a referendum on Catalan independence.

Officials insisted he was not saying Catalonia needed money immediately from the government's new €18bn liquidity fund, but Mas-Colell admithat that if the powerful region is to roll over its debt and fund its deficit, then it must raise money from somewhere.

BARCELONA, Spain — Hundreds of thousands of people waved flags and joined hands across Catalonia on Wednesday, in a show of popular force that Catalan leaders hope will revive their push for Spain's economically most powerful region to secede from the rest of the country.

In last spring's regional elections, it took 30 percent of the vote in the Veneto and 26 percent in Lombardy, two of the country's most powerful regions.

It can engage directly with Russia's ever more powerful regions, rather than concentrate entirely on leaders and institutions in Moscow.

The 13th century saw some shift of linguistic influence from southern to northern France and from Sicily to Tuscany, toward the politically and economically more powerful regions.

Germany, a federal state with powerful regions, coalition governments and an influential constitutional court, wants a Europe of laws, discipline and fiscal probity, with a strong currency and real penalties for the spendthrift.

These powerful region-states, depend on an educated workforce who in turn demand good schools, clean air and water, affordable housing, a caring and tolerant society, art and cultural amenities and 24/7 broadband telecommunications connecting, every home, school and office to every other organization or institution worldwide.