Sentence examples for presidium from inspiring English sources

Independence leaders, including Theys Eluays, the chairman of the presidium, were detained.

A congress held in late May and early June by thousands of people from across the province elected a "presidium", which was due to report on progress towards a negotiated independence.

Gisela Stuart, a member of the steering presidium that ran the constitutional convention, recalls that Mr Giscard d'Estaing once urged his colleagues on with the words "this is what you have to do if you want the people to build statues of you on horseback back in the villages you all come from".

Here, Mr Giscard d'Estaing and his presidium are fairly cautious.

Their representatives were present on the convention floor, but not on the 12-person presidium that did the crucial work of drafting the text although the presidium was eventually shamed into adding an "invitee" from mighty Slovenia to its numbers.

When Mr Giscard d'Estaing and his 12-strong presidium issued the first 16 articles of a draft constitution last month, they were deluged with over 1,000 proposed amendments from all sides; integrationist Germany has tabled almost as many amendments as the sovereignty-minded British.Unexpected alliances are emerging.

Gisela Stuart, the British member of the 12-person presidium that guided the work of the constitutional convention, came to a similar conclusion.

Opposition within its 12-person presidium has already made him modify his proposals slightly.

The agenda thus hijacked, others blinked, thought, and agreed.France's ex-president will not feel alone in the convention's presidium of 12.

A congress held at the end of May by thousands of people from across the province elected a "presidium", which is now due to report on progress towards a negotiated independence.

Independence leaders have been detained, including Theys Eluays, the chairman of the presidium.