Sentence examples for the constitution marking from inspiring English sources

Matteo Renzi will resign as Italian prime minister after being roundly defeated in a referendum to change the constitution, marking a major victory for anti-establishment and rightwing parties and plunging the eurozone's third largest economy into political chaos.

But in the end, after months of wrangling, he managed to win the consent of his coalition partner, New Komeito, which had strongly opposed the change.On July 1st the cabinet approved a reinterpretation of the constitution, marking a milestone in Japan's post-war security policy.

Josep Borrell, a Spaniard who is president of the European Parliament, proclaims that "this constitution marks a shift from a primarily economic Europe to a political Europe".

The adoption in August 2008 of a liberal democratic constitution marked the beginning of a remarkable political change in Maldives, which on October 8 held multiparty elections for the first time in its history.

The haandfaestning, Denmark's first written constitution, marked a loss of power for the peasantry and for the provincial things (assemblies) and enabled the magnates to carry out sweeping reforms in domestic and foreign policy in the remaining years of Erik's reign.

The constitution of 1988 marked the re-democratisation of Brazil.

Nakano warned that ditching the pacifist constitution would mark the official start of an north-east Asian arms race, "unless one naively believes that the more Japan is remilitarised the safer the country and the world will be".

The Constitution was meant to mark the end of an age of political mystery.

In protest against political intimidation, magistrates in courts across the country carried copies of the constitution to ceremonies that marked the judicial year's start.Politicians on the government's side had, however, already geared up to assail magistrates involved in investigating and prosecuting political corruption.

These talks, in which Mbeki was also involved, led to the adoption of a new interim constitution that marked the end of apartheid.

Rajapaksa has amended the constitution to remove term limits for the Presidency, marking his intention to linger as long as he can.