Sentence examples for widespread austerity measures from inspiring English sources

Ramakrishnan, who won the Nobel prize for chemistry in 2009 with colleagues Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath for their work on the structure of the ribosome, praised the last coalition government for opting to freeze rather than cut the science budget amid widespread austerity measures in its 2010 spending review.

Local councils saw some of the largest budget cuts in the past five years, but all services, including police, fire and rescue and the NHS, face widespread austerity measures, and Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has acknowledged that cuts of 40% would mean radical changes for central government departments.

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Conversely, in the face of widespread austerity measures the left-wing protests feel vital and necessary – although outside of Podemos' five European seats, political change is happening almost imperceptibly slowly.

"The city never ever repealed or withdrew the plan," said CMCEA lawyer Richard Levine, referring to the March 2011 City Council decision in favor of outsourcing a swath of city services and issuing more than 200 layoff notices — a widespread austerity measure meant to rein in employment costs and redistribute money to capital improvement projects.

There is widespread worry that austerity measures intended to reduce government debt will further choke Europe's economies.

The PP had ruled out increasing VAT when it was elected last November amid widespread discontent over austerity measures imposed by its Socialist predecessors.

Mr. Letta must also address the demands of the European Union to stay the course of fiscal responsibility in the face of the Italian public's widespread animosity toward austerity measures.

Indeed, this tendency was apparent already at the beginning of the 2010s, most notably in the widespread protests against austerity measures in Europe as the euro-zone debt crisis unfolded and in wider efforts (including social movements such as the "Occupy" movement) to regulate intergovernmental financial institutions and transnational corporations to protect the public interest.

ATHENS — After a season of bitter and widespread protests over austerity measures to address its financial crisis, Greece faced new turmoil on Wednesday as the authorities investigated an elaborate bomb plot in which relatively mild explosive devices were sent to embassies in Athens as well as to the leaders of Italy and Germany.

While Greece experienced widespread backlash against the austerity measures suggested by the IMF and the European Central Bank, Ireland was held up as a model of compliance.