Sentence examples for resist austerity from inspiring English sources

Only European struggles can resist austerity and deliver decent reform.

New movements to resist austerity must expect to meet the same wall of state violence as soon as they become effective, because that's how the Tories operate.

(Though it is a big problem, not least because many Greek civil servants are paid pitiful wages partly because there are so many of them. That means they will resist austerity measures all the harder, because they feel like victims in this crisis, not fat cats).

In Europe, many new political parties have emerged in the past few years to resist austerity measures.

France has resisted austerity more than most of its neighbors, something that may have contributed to the rise.

Once reviled for resisting austerity while in opposition, the conservative leader has, since his election in June, impressed fellow leaders with a new-found zeal for fiscal discipline and reform.

The speculation has led to opposition accusations that Tsipras, who remains popular despite his U-turn on resisting austerity, wants elections simply to deal with his own internal rebellion.

There followed six rollercoaster months in which the shaven-headed, motorcycling economist-politician swept around the capitals of northern Europe like a brainier Bruce Willis; determined, if not to die hard, at least to resist further austerity measures and secure a new economic settlement for Greece.

That is one big reason so many European leaders have now begun to resist the austerity-above-all approach.

The Lib Dems, alarmed by Mr Clegg's shrill call for "savage" cuts, are resisting his austerity measures.

Since taking office, he has made a great show of talking about growth and resisting the austerity approach pushed by Angela Merkel, the German chancellor.