Sentence examples for wield a veto from inspiring English sources
Every country can wield a veto until its needs are met.
But he too would wield a veto and block Cameron's candidate, his mentor the former Tory leader Michael Howard.
On the one hand he needs to try to keep his political powder dry for November when he may choose to wield a veto against the spending plan.
It is pushing for a greater say for itself and other developing countries in the IMF, over which the Americans, in effect, wield a veto.
If the European commission makes sensitive proposals on tax, social security, policing and new EU members, any national minister can wield a veto.
The directive will be decided in the EU by the system known as qualified majority voting, according to which no member state can wield a veto.
He has an eye on re-election in 2010 and he wields a veto over new laws.
That's not wielding a veto, that's called losing.Now, the EU is proposing quite a range of damaging and stupid new rules for financial markets.
As James Wolffe QC, Scotland's lord advocate, told the supreme court, there is little realistic chance of wielding a veto over Brexit.
See articleTroop troubleAs promised, George Bush wielded a veto, only the second of his presidency, against a military-spending bill sent to him by Congress because it set a Democratic timetable for pulling troops out of Iraq.
In making its statement, the working group was chastising one of the countries with the most influence at the United Nations — with one of the five permanent seats, China wields a veto in the Security Council.
