Some British media has suggested that this vote may become a confidence vote: meaning that if the government loses the vote, it has 14 days to win a confidence vote.
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There's an important thing to note amid all this drama: This no-confidence vote is different than the other no-confidence vote being talked about by opposition parties, including Labour.
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This does not precipitate a no-confidence vote, or a successful no-confidence vote, in Theresa May's government and sets the stage for the pound to rise in the coming sessions.
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That could trigger a confidence vote on the prime minister.
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Alternatively, he could resign without waiting for a confidence vote.
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Sadr has promised to press for a no- confidence vote.
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"We've had one confidence vote already," Corbyn told Sky News.
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On Tuesday, Conte won a confidence vote in the Senate.
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The opposition reacted by calling a parliamentary no confidence vote.
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The Alliance were defiant ahead of the confidence vote, however.
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If May wins any confidence vote she remains in office.
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The confidence vote is expected to take place later this week.
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Now he faces a no confidence vote from his own deputies.
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The no-confidence vote is expected to take place on Friday.
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This put the result of the no-confidence vote in doubt.
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Parliament will hold a no-confidence vote on Zuma next month.
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With Kurz suddenly vulnerable, the opposition brought the no-confidence vote.
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The country's prime minister faces a no-confidence vote on Friday.
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Rutte survived a no confidence-vote over the matter in April.
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His government replaced a Reform government that lost a confidence vote.
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In 2008, he lost a confidence vote and submitted his resignation.
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Mr. Johnson could face a possible no-confidence vote next week.
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Tsipras said he would request a confidence vote following Kammenos' resignation.
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And this no-confidence vote will be held on Wednesday local time.
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With Ennahda's support, Mr Chahed could probably weather a no-confidence vote.
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In 2011, Hansen left after a no-confidence vote from HCC faculty.
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The comments came just hours before May faced a no-confidence vote.
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Earlier on Wednesday, her lawmakers triggered a no-confidence vote against her.
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It has yet to secure a parliamentary majority for the confidence vote.
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The government wants to hold the mandatory confidence vote on July 11.
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On Monday, the House Republican caucus held a no-confidence vote. Gov.
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The Czech lower house on Wednesday postponed the confidence vote until Jan.
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The results showed Dancila failed the no confidence vote 238 to 4.
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The National Assembly has agreed to hold the no-confidence vote Thursday.
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If a confidence vote is lost, the government is obliged to resign.
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A date for the no-confidence vote has yet to be set.
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He could face a confidence vote before Parliament as early as tomorrow.
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She also may face a no-confidence vote from the entire Parliament.
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Parliament is expected to hold a no-confidence vote on Zuma this year.
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The Italian government has won a confidence vote on a deficit-cutting package.
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However, most external observers do not expect the no-confidence vote to pass.
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LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Theresa May has survived a confidence vote from her party.
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Friday's scheduled no-confidence vote against O'Neill has sparked fears of more unrest.
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NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE Fico's coalition holds 78 seats in the 150-member parliament.
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But one day later Mr Kurz's government was toppled in a confidence vote.
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Any new government has to win to a parliamentary confidence vote to rule.
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ARSENIY YATSENYUK, Ukraine's prime minister, has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament.
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The party's MPs will face a difficult decision in the no confidence vote.
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Meanwhile, down in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote.
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A no-confidence vote against Jacob Zuma in the country's National Assembly failed.
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Moments earlier, Labour failed to win a no confidence vote in May's government.
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The confidence vote followed the parliamentary defeat of May's Brexit deal late Tuesday.
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Her opponents need 48 letters from Tory MPs to trigger that confidence vote.
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The Guardian reported that May is expected to survive Wednesday's no-confidence vote.
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The no-confidence vote in Parliament passed 125 to 15, with two abstentions.
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Having survived a confidence vote, May returned to Brussels on Thursday to renegotiate
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Mr. Corbyn called for a no-confidence vote, which will be debated today.
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Here's the latest: • Theresa May survives no-confidence vote over her Brexit plan.
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If the committee receives 48 letters, it can trigger a no-confidence vote.
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Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has 45 days to ask for a confidence vote.
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In a parliamentary system, he'd be thrown out in a no-confidence vote.
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It is not yet clear when the no-confidence vote will take place.
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The Sunday Times has reported that 40 Conservatives support a no-confidence vote.
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But should Mrs May lose a confidence vote, Mr Johnson has a good chance.
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A no-confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma has been delayed to Aug 2118.12.
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Puigdemont's government won a confidence vote in September to push ahead with secession plans.
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The government survived a no confidence vote in parliament in October over the fires.
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Parliament could also try to topple the government by calling a no confidence vote.
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In August, Rajoy lost a confidence vote in parliament after the Socialists voted "No".
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If May's government had lost the no-confidence vote, it could trigger general elections.
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Zuma also faces another no-confidence vote against his leadership in parliament on Feb.
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That could lead to a no-confidence vote in Parliament, potentially triggering general elections.
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In a subsequent confidence vote 40 Labour MPs voted for him and 172 against.
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The PSD were ousted from power in a no-confidence vote on Oct. 10.
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That clash led to the no-confidence vote that took down the entire government.
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If the no confidence vote fails, May is untouchable for at least another year.
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The two are now set to face off in parliament in a confidence vote.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May won a no-confidence vote in Parliament late Wednesday.
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Spain, specifically, is facing a confidence vote this week for its leader Mariano Rajoy.
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Whether or not she now prevails in a confidence vote called for 2 p.m.
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These Conservative members of Parliament tried to topple May in a confidence vote Wednesday.
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But he has proved resilient, having already survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament.
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Sanchez took office last June after the then-governing PP lost a confidence vote.
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Members of her party then sought to topple her with a no-confidence vote.
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Mr. Kammenos's withdrawal prompted Mr. Tsipras to call a confidence vote, which he won.
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But the confidence vote was also a proxy for the party's divisions over Europe.
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Deutsche Bank leaders evaded a no-confidence vote by shareholders, but dissatisfaction is growing.
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He quit hours before a no-confidence vote was scheduled in the Tokyo assembly.
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A no-confidence vote would allow him to call for a new legislative election.
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Zuma faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday brought by opposition parties.
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If May lost a no confidence vote then there would be a leadership contest.
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However, facing the seventh no-confidence vote of his presidential career on Friday, he resigned.
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There are rumors that May might actually face a no-confidence vote from her party.
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The Prime Minister is facing a no-confidence vote on Wednesday in the Czech parliament.
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Activists are mulling a confidence vote of their own, after scouring the party's rule book.
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His government easily survived a confidence vote the day of the vote on the bill.
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Elsewhere, France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is to present his government to a confidence vote.
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Analysts had said defeating Tuesday's no-confidence vote would strengthen Dancila's hand within the party.
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Their cabinet also got backing from the ethnic Hungarians UDMR party in the confidence vote.
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As mentioned, Salvini called for a confidence vote earlier this month, which was expected Tuesday.
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Go deeper: The no-confidence vote added pressure on the opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn, too.
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After that, Conte will need to face a confidence vote in both houses of parliament.
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Allawi must form a government within a month and face a confidence vote in parliament.
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She then narrowly survived a no-confidence vote, lessening the prospects for a general election.
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Even if a no-confidence vote happens, it seems unlikely that May will lose her job.
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But Sanchez has yet to enlist enough support to defeat Rajoy in the no-confidence vote.
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An opposition party has also filed to hold a confidence vote on Zuma's leadership on Feb.
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She could face a no-confidence vote as critics say that she is bailing on Brexit.
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Salvini declared the populist coalition government unworkable and called for a no-confidence vote in Conte.
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To do this they would have to win a confidence vote in the House of Commons.
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To govern, Rajoy needed sufficient support or an abstention by his rivals in a confidence vote.
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Investors' are now watching a confidence vote on May's government by lawmakers later in the day.
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President Jacob Zuma has survived a no-confidence vote in the South African parliament on Aug.
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Masuzoe had been expected to lose a no-confidence vote in the Tokyo assembly later today.
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The vote followed Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic's failure last Thursday to survive a no-confidence vote.
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This could have triggered a no-confidence vote in his government, but it was narrowly averted.
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Jeremy Corbyn, the party leader, lost a no-confidence vote by his fellow lawmakers on Tuesday.
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A no-confidence vote would require all independent and crossbench lawmakers to turn against the government.
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Known as a 'general policy statement', the speech may also conclude with an optional confidence vote.
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But after several appeals, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice upheld the no-confidence vote.
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Oli's press adviser said the prime minister would remain leader and face the no-confidence vote.
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The result was a very public no-confidence vote in Mr. Ackman by the investor community.
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The tactic exposes the government to a confidence vote, but Mr. Macron's party would undoubtedly win.
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He now has a month to form a government and put it to a confidence vote.
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Parliament had been due to hold a no-confidence vote Thursday to remove Zuma from office.
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"Come on!" he shouted, daring his critics to call a no-confidence vote in his government.
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Rome, Chamber of Deputies due to hold confidence vote on 'Milleproroghe' decree (1130); question time (1500).
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Kurz lost a confidence vote after expelling the Freedom Party from government, but he remains popular.
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Here's what you need to know about the no-confidence vote, and what might happen next.
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The lower house speaker can summon a no-confidence vote once he receives an official request.
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If May lost a confidence vote there would be a leadership contest to decide her replacement.
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Leadsom said she thought May's government would survive a confidence vote scheduled for later on Wednesday.
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This can happen quickly: in 2003, the confidence vote came only a day after it was triggered.
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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has narrowly won a confidence vote on Wednesday night, averting a snap elections.
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The opposition Labour party is reportedly considering putting forward a vote of no confidence vote in May.
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She's also up against a significant leadership challenge, as hardliners are calling for a "no confidence" vote.
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To force a confidence vote, at least 15% of Conservative MPs must submit letters calling for one.
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A no-confidence vote against technocrat Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic is expected to be held on Thursday.
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According to some polls held before the non-confidence vote, Sanchez' party had fallen into fourth place.
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Beyond that, the cleric plans to challenge the prime minister in a no- confidence vote in parliament.
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If he doesn't step aside, the opposition party may move to a no confidence vote in parliament.
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Achleitner, under pressure from shareholders for some time, survived a confidence vote at May's annual shareholders' meeting.
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The chances of a successful no-confidence vote before October 31 would not appear to be high.
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The political consequences are difficult to judge, with opposition parties not ruling out a no-confidence vote.
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"I am still here," Kurz told supporters at a rally three hours after the no-confidence vote.
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By controlling only 3003 of 2300 parliamentary seats, he'll need to survive a confidence vote on Jan.
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Zuma narrowly survived a no-confidence vote in August, when some ANC lawmakers voted with the opposition.
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However, the Labour confidence vote does not automatically trigger a leadership election and Corbyn refused to quit.
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The meeting ended after several doctors advocated an immediate no-confidence vote in the hospital's senior leadership.
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They have since used violence — and chili paste — to prevent a second no-confidence vote on Friday.
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That could set off a no-confidence vote in Mr. Johnson's leadership, followed by a new election.
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A collapse of the coalition could lead to the government's fall through a no-confidence vote in parliament.
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May's opponents reportedly haven't reached the threshold to trigger that "no confidence" vote yet, but it's still early.
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The opposition Socialists have instructed their lawmakers to abstain in a parliamentary confidence vote set for 7.45 p.m.
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He could get a second chance, especially as parliament did not pass a no-confidence vote in him.
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In May, 2012, the board of the bank ousted Italian Ettore Gotti Tedeschi by a no confidence vote.
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Jacob Zuma resigned as South Africa's president, the evening before a no-confidence vote was scheduled in parliament.
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ITALY'S SALVINI SAYS PARLIAMENTARIANS MUST "GET OFF THEIR BUMS" AND GO BACK TO PARLIAMENT FOR NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE
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If Zuma refuses, the ANC could threaten a no-confidence vote in parliament that Zuma would likely lose.
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Iceland's opposition immediately called on the prime minister and government to resign and planned a no confidence vote.
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"It essentially means that, for now, Theresa May will not be facing a no-confidence vote," she added.
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After losing a confidence vote in January, Babis has been scrambling to gain support for his continued rule.
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Spanish stocks had fallen sharply on Friday on concerns Prime Minister Rajoy would face a no confidence vote.
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A day after that vote, May survived a no-confidence vote that was supported by the Labour Party.
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A senior government official confirmed on Monday that Downing Street would treat the bill as a confidence vote.
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Before the meeting, speculation abounded that there would be a no-confidence vote, but that did not materialize.
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He recently lost a no-confidence vote among members of Parliament in his own party, 172 to 40.
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He is facing a confidence vote for his minority government next week with almost no chance of winning.
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Attendees will hold a confidence vote on Mulcair, who may be forced to quit, depending on the result.
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Her resignation was announced hours before a no-confidence vote was due in Parliament, averting a snap election.
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Watch "Jeremy Corbyn: The Outsider" Read "Jeremy Corbyn refuses to resign after overwhelming defeat in no-confidence vote"
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The possibility of a no-confidence vote rose after shareholder advisory firms urged investors to send a message.
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On Friday, they did it again with another no-confidence vote, conducted in the midst of the uproar.
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The note projected that a no-confidence vote next week would not succeed in parliament on this basis.
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This vote is being seen as a confidence vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Brexit strategy.
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After casting her own ballot, the city's Mrs Lam dismissed the idea that this was a confidence vote.
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"We never believed it (a no confidence vote) was very likely," Fletcher said of Control Risk's house view.
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Sanchez maintained his party would vote against a conservative-led government in an eventual parliamentary confidence vote, however.
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The confidence vote is expected to be held this week, after two days of debate from Tuesday morning.
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She began her pitch to European leaders on the backstop ahead of the no-confidence vote on Wednesday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Following is a statement from Prime Minister Theresa May after winning a confidence vote in parliament.
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If Mrs May wins the no-confidence vote, her immunity from a future challenge would provide some political leeway.
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If is triggered by a no confidence vote, it would be slightly later due to the 14-day period.
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To win the first confidence vote, Rajoy would need an absolute majority of 176 in the 350-seat parliament.
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Sanchez took office last week after he led a no-confidence vote in Parliament to oust predecessor Mariano Rajoy.
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His government faces a confidence vote in parliament next week, triggered by the inauguration of Nauseda on July 12.
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It will face a no-confidence vote, filed by the opposition, next Monday and 76 votes would topple it.
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But he deferred a parliamentary confidence vote on a new government because he lacked the support to win it.
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Mr Zavala's resignation is only the fourth by a prime minister after a confidence vote in Peru's modern history.
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After she proposed a Brexit deal, some Tory MPs rebelled and call for a no-confidence vote against her.
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Dodds said he held a "good meeting" with May before the confidence vote in the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee.
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Sanchez took office in June last year after the previous conservative government was ousted in a no-confidence vote.
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Also on tap is a no confidence vote for British Prime Minister Theresa May's government at 2:00 p.m.
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Shortly after the no-confidence vote, Bozo Petrov, leader of Most announced he was resigning as speaker of parliament.
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"I am still here," he told a party rally after Monday's parliamentary no-confidence vote against his ruling coalition.
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If May survives the no-confidence vote, she'll have to deliver a Brexit plan B to Parliament next week.
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Spain's Socialists are expected to vote against the government of acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a confidence vote.
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The faction leader of Poroshenko's party said it would ask parliament to hold a no-confidence vote within hours.
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Investors' short-term focus is now on a confidence vote on May's government by lawmakers later in the day.
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The result caused opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn call for a confidence vote, which will be held at 28 GMT.
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On Wednesday, the government also faces a no-confidence vote filed by the opposition Liberals and Save Romania Union.
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However, MPs opposed to no deal are ready to bring Johnson down in a no-confidence vote if necessary.
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Asked by the BBC on Thursday whether he would resign after losing a confidence vote, Johnson declined to answer.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May won a confidence vote taken among Conservative members of parliament Wednesday evening, London time.
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Downing Street officials are preparing for the loss of a confidence vote when parliament returns from recess in September.
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Zuma survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Thursday called by the DA over the allegations of influence-peddling.
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Cottarelli said if he receives a parliament confidence vote, "there will be new elections at the beginning of 2019."
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Cillizza: This week we saw May's Brexit plan fail and then the PM barely survive a "no confidence" vote.
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Brexit Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote a day after her Brexit deal crashed and burned in Parliament.
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Sheikh Jaber last week submitted the government's resignation when lawmakers sought a no-confidence vote against the interior minister.
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And this no-confidence vote is really a sideshow to the main event: the debate over May's Brexit deal.
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He pushed a confidence vote to take down the government in the hopes of getting those elections this fall.
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Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, above, survived a party confidence vote, but her celebration was likely short-lived.
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The confidence vote is expected to take place later this week and parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis proposed Jan. 16.
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Separately, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa faces a no-confidence vote today, which could remove him from office.
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The opposition leader Mmusi Maimane, head of the Democratic Alliance, has called for a no-confidence vote against Zuma.
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Spain's government could face a no-confidence vote as early as this week and possible new elections as well.
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The 17-page statement, which may still be amended, will form the basis of a confidence vote in parliament.
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BREXIT: UK LABOUR FINANCE SPOKESMAN MCDONNELL SAYS NO CONFIDENCE VOTE IN GOVERNMENT UNLIKELY BEFORE EU COUNCIL SUMMIT THIS MONTH
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But the final tally in the no-confidence vote on Wednesday also showed just how difficult that will be.
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This is different from the no-confidence vote May survived in December, which was strictly within her own party.
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Babis also has enough backing in parliament, where a no-confidence vote planned for Wednesday is likely to fail.
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That will happen if both Mrs May and Mr Corbyn fail to form a government that wins a confidence vote.
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The current government in Madrid took power in June after a no confidence vote ousted the previous centre-right party.
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With a working parliamentary majority of one, a no-confidence vote could easily take the decision out of his hands.
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If May lose in the no-confidence vote, then the new round of general election and referendum are coming soon.
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Eddie Johnson's decision apparently prompted the board of the city's police union to issue a no-confidence vote in him.
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Downing Street is threatening to force a no-deal Brexit even if the prime minister loses a no-confidence vote.
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Mr Lofven could lose a no-confidence vote but then end up in power for a second term after all.
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The Croatian parliament is due to hold a no-confidence vote over Karamarko's alleged conflict of interest by June 18.
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But an early election can be called only via a confidence vote or by a two-thirds majority in Parliament.
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This month she clung on after winning a confidence vote in which 117 of her own MPs voted against her.
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Having survived a confidence vote among Tories at the end of last year, she cannot be challenged again until December.
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Babis said he would seek support by the end of this month and then ask parliament for a confidence vote.
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Reports a threshold was reached to trigger a no confidence vote in May sent sterling to a fresh session low.
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The FT said his aides expect he will face a confidence vote soon after parliament returns from its summer break.
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"Tomorrow we will hold a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Oreskovic as this government is dysfunctional," Karamarko told reporters.
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But the PNV infuriated the PP by siding with the Socialists in the no-confidence vote to oust Rajoy's government.
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And the speaker of South Africa's parliament is considering an opposition request to hold a no-confidence vote on Zuma.
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South African President Jacob Zuma has resigned ahead of a no confidence vote that would have removed him from power.
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On Friday, Guyana's parliament toppled the government in a no-confidence vote, paving the way for elections in three months.
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The confidence vote, whatever the outcome, is not expected to have much impact on Greece's debt financing and privatization plans.
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Topolanek's government was ousted in a 2009 no-confidence vote, disrupting the six-month Czech presidency of the European Union.
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"The market is not 100% convinced a no-confidence vote will work," said Jordan Rochester, a currency strategist at Nomura.
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Since she won her confidence vote last month, her MPs cannot mount another attempt to topple her for another year.
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Even if there were to be a successful no-confidence vote it would not be without serious adverse economic consequences.
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The prime minister faces losing a confidence vote in a few weeks time if he pursues a no-deal exit.
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Lawmakers stripped him of his immunity from prosecution on Friday, a few days Babis's minority cabinet lost a confidence vote.
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Liberal party Ciudadanos ("Citizens"), which came fourth in the June 26 election, said it would abstain in a confidence vote.
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If the government loses a confidence vote it is obliged to resign, but defeat looks extremely unlikely in this case.
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Yatseniuk survived a no confidence vote on Tuesday, but faces an uphill to implement reforms demanded by Ukraine's international backers.
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The Constitutional Court said on Tuesday it would consider whether the no-confidence vote should be taken by secret ballot.
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Salvini withdrew his support for the government earlier in August and called for a confidence vote, which was expected Monday.
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He demanded a no-confidence vote, considered the first step in having to choose a side in the Brexit debate.
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She is widely expected to lose, possibly by a wide margin, which could expose her to a no-confidence vote.
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Saunders on Saturday refused to step down despite a no-confidence vote, and said only the pope could dismiss him.
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Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said the no-confidence vote against Rajapaksa was supported by 122 members of the 225-member house.
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Meanwhile, the main opposition Liberal Party said it planned to launch a no-confidence vote against the government next month.
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Despite winning the confidence vote, the government may prove fragile after struggling to reconcile differences over policy and cabinet positions.
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"Failure of no-confidence vote means status quo remains," S&P's primary analyst for South Africa Gardner Rusike told Reuters.
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He survived a no-confidence vote in April after lobbying memos of which he said he had no memory emerged.
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A furious Mr Kurz ejected the FPö, and soon afterwards became the first Austrian chancellor to lose a confidence vote.
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THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY AND LABOUR PARTY ARE DISCUSSING TABLING A CONFIDENCE VOTE AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK- THE TELEGRAPH
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A recent confidence vote in the government passed easily, but differences on policy are raising the prospect of fresh elections.
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Babis's current one-party cabinet has ruled in a caretaker capacity since it lost a parliamentary confidence vote in January.
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In August, he survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament by a far more slender margin than analysts had expected.
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The government can also ask for a confidence vote in parliament, where a simple majority among present lawmakers would suffice.
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The Conservatives have 315 MPs so 48 would need to write such letters for a confidence vote to be called.
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If May's government loses a confidence vote and Labour is unable to form a new government, an election is called.
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Plenty had promised to send in one of the 48 letters needed to trigger a confidence vote in the prime minister.
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The British pound traded around $1.2877 Thursday afternoon during Asian hours, reacting fractionally to the outcome of the no-confidence vote.
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He called the confidence vote on Sunday, after his right-wing coalition partner Panos Kammenos resigned in protest over the accord.
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He survived a no-confidence vote mounted by the opposition when the two states agreed on a compromise in June 2018.
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And even though you've seen off the no-confidence vote in your leadership, parliament could still launch one in your government.
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Rajoy said on Friday he would fight the no-confidence vote and finish his four-year term, ruling out early elections.
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For a challenge, 48 Conservative lawmakers need to write to the chairman of the 1922 Committee asking for a confidence vote.
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If he loses a no-confidence vote, members of Parliament typically have 14 days to try to form an alternative government.
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A no-confidence vote would likely take place after Trump's state visit as Parliament will be in recess until June 4.
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In a press conference Thursday, Rees-Mogg began that process, announcing he was requesting a no-confidence vote in her leadership.
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Parliament is also expected to hold a no confidence vote in Zuma this year, although he has survived two similar attempts.
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Leaders from the centre-right opposition called for a no-confidence vote against three ministers from the ruling Social Democratic Party.
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If it loses a mandatory confidence vote, it will stay in office until another administration is formed, which can take months.
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The Fixed-term Parliaments Act of 2011 tore up long-established principles about what constituted a confidence vote in the government.
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Earlier, Gunnlaugsson had asked the country's president to dissolve parliament in the face of a looming no-confidence vote and protests.
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The opposition last month moved a no-confidence vote against the government but Modi easily survived thanks to his parliamentary majority.
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That will help the opposition in the no-confidence vote, although a majority that relies on yo-yos is always fragile.
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The Social Democrat Party, which was ousted from government in a no-confidence vote led by Orban's Liberal Party on Oct.
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It's probably also wrong to see the resignations and no-confidence vote as a long-planned coup attempt against Mr. Corbyn.
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Robert Peston, political editor of broadcaster ITV, said he did not expect any announcement of a confidence vote on Monday night.
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Spain's IBEX 35 index, meanwhile, was 1 percent lower, ahead of a no-confidence vote on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's leadership.
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During the no-confidence vote on Thursday, the prime minister's business background and political inexperience, once welcomed, were used against him.
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It was not immediately clear whether the confidence vote, passed by 117 votes to none, would help to see Wickremesinghe reinstated.
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"The key is not to assume that a leadership challenge must lead to a 'no confidence' vote in Parliament," he said.
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He avoided the no-confidence vote, but the Senate blocked his plan to merge some graduate programs and possibly eliminate others.
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Guyana's constitution calls for elections to be called within three months of a no-confidence vote, unless Parliament extends the deadline.
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If the government loses a confidence vote there is a 14-day period in which a new administration can be formed.
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"You need to earn trust," Pamela Rendi-Wagner, the Social Democrats' chair, told lawmakers before calling for the no-confidence vote.
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Downing Street signalled that the House of Commons vote on Brexit would be treated as a confidence vote in the government.
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So today May faces what's sure to be a blistering Question Time and another no confidence vote (but she'll probably survive).
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A no-confidence vote against the prime minister is not yet a certainty, and will require the backing of other parties.
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Rebel Tories had called a no-confidence vote, forcing her to plead with her own lawmakers to give her more time.
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Kosovo's prime minister lost a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, partly because of disputes over how to respond to the pandemic.
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Yes, she's survived, but the wounds from Wednesday's no confidence vote, while not immediately fatal, appear impossible to fully recover from.
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There is persistent doubt among Democrats that Ms. Pelosi can be dislodged with some version of a parliamentary no-confidence vote.
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Mr. Conte will speak again before a confidence vote in the Lower House of Parliament tomorrow, which is also a formality.
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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, one of Europe's longest-serving leaders, lost a no-confidence vote today over a major corruption scandal.
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Italy's new government led by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte seeks to win a confidence vote in the lower house of Parliament.
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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain lost a no-confidence vote over a corruption scandal, amplifying political uncertainty in southern Europe.
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Unless Ms. Clark can persuade opposition members of the Legislature to support her in a confidence vote, her government would fall.
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Theoretically, the government could fall if a single rebel Tory MP should turn against their party in a "no-confidence vote".
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Parliament is expected to hold a no-confidence vote on Zuma later this year, but he has survived similar attempts before.
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In emerging Europe the Czech crown underperformed its regional peers following the cabinet's resignation, a day after losing a confidence vote.
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But on Friday, a majority of government ministers rejected the motion for a no-confidence vote, the Hina news agency reported.
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The previous Social Democrat government, which collapsed in a no-confidence vote in October, had focused on raising current state pensions.
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If Babis rides out the protest and the no-confidence vote, a period of calm is likely throughout the summer holidays.
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She would also be at risk of a no-confidence vote, and parliament could seize the process of forming a Brexit plan.
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After that, Sirisena forced the country's parliament into a three-week recess, stopping lawmakers from holding a no-confidence vote against Rajapaksa.
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European stocks closed higher on Wednesday, as market participants awaited a no-confidence vote in the U.K. government led by Theresa May.
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Not only have they said they'll vote down this proposal in Parliament, but some are now calling for a "no confidence" vote.
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Markets will then start to weigh up whether May's party will topple her or if she will lose a no-confidence vote.
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Parliament convenes on Tuesday to debate a report on the four-party coalition government's performance, which could precipitate a no confidence vote.
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After parliament reconvenes on January 3rd the government may hold another confidence vote with a new deputy in place of Mr Persaud.
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Abylgaziyev, previously chief of staff in President Sooronbai Jeenbekov's office, replaced Sapar Isakov whose cabinet lost a no-confidence vote this week.
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Senior party members voted by 139 to 96 in favour of abstaining in a parliamentary confidence vote to be held this week.
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It would be the Socialist leader's first overseas visit since defeating his conservative predecessor Mariano Rajoy in a confidence vote last month.
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BREXIT: LABOUR FINANCE MINISTER SAYS IT WILL SEEK NO CONFIDENCE VOTE IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT IF SIGNS ARE THAT IT CAN BE WON
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Mrs May survived a no-confidence vote by her own MPs in December only by promising not to contest the next election.
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Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist, Interior Minister Anders Ygeman, and Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson are all facing a no-confidence vote from parliament.
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Babis has served as prime minister in a caretaker capacity since his first, one-party cabinet lost a confidence vote in January.
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And Sanchez will need further support to become prime minister in a confidence vote scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 2.
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By calling a confidence vote on the decree, the government forced legislation through the house, truncating debate and sweeping away opposition amendments.
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Under Spain's constitution, a two-month deadline to form a government will come into effect once the first confidence vote takes place.
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The Labour MP for Newcastle Central, Chi Onwurah, supported the no-confidence vote against Mr Corbyn, accusing him of "ineptitude and arrogance".
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Lofven has been prime minister since 2014 and remains acting premier, but lost his first confidence vote in parliament after the election.
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Orban's opposition Liberal Party spearheaded the no- confidence vote which led to the collapse of the Social Democrat government on Oct. 10.
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Had she not voluntarily resigned, a successful no-confidence vote would have triggered new snap elections before Christmas, effectively dooming Varadkar's leadership.
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HAPPENING LATER Lack of confidence British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a no-confidence vote today as the UK's Brexit crisis deepens.
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Overcoming this would require May to pass new legislation, or call a no-confidence vote in parliament with the intention of losing.
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Mr. Corbyn has refused to stand aside despite losing a no-confidence vote on his leadership by the party's lawmakers last month.
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Constitutional expert Catherine Haddon said this week that Johnson would not legally be obliged to resign immediately after losing a confidence vote.
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The alleged comments from Corbyn came as May was criticizing him for his attempt to call a no-confidence vote in her.
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Parliament, where there is a small majority against a no-deal Brexit, can collapse Johnson's government by holding a no-confidence vote.
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"Leadership is about taking the right decisions, not the easy ones," she added, when pressed about rumors of a no-confidence vote.
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Babis's current one-party cabinet failed to win a confidence vote in January but has since lingered on in a caretaker capacity.
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Wickremesinghe won a no-confidence vote in parliament late on Wednesday as a majority of legislators voted to support his coalition government.
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Mr. Wickremesinghe said that any legitimate confidence vote in Parliament would confirm that he still had the votes to remain in office.
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But it was clear that any Cottarelli-led interim government would fail a confidence vote, making new elections this year almost inevitable.
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May's own party stating they've lost confidence in her; if the committee receives 48 letters, it can trigger a no-confidence vote.
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A no-confidence vote needs approval not only by an absolute majority of lawmakers, but also agreement on a substitute prime minister.
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Earlier this month, lawmakers toppled Orban's three-month-old minority government in a confidence vote spearheaded by the opposition Social Democrats (PSD).
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Ennahda's nominee for prime minister, Habib Jemli, proposed a coalition government that was rejected by parliament in a confidence vote last month.
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But the Alliance will call a no-confidence vote when parliament reconvenes on September 24th, which the prime minister is sure to lose.
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SENIOR BACKBENCHERS ON THE TORY 1922 COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE WILL MOUNT NEW BID TO FORCE A CONFIDENCE VOTE IN UK PM MAY - THE SUN
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Elsewhere, Italy's bond yields fell 4-5 bps after the government won a confidence vote in the Senate on Monday, prolonging its tenure.
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Image 2 of 1543 ATHENS, Greece – The Latest on a no-confidence vote in the Greek parliament (all times local): 10:15 p.m.
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Market focus is largely attuned to the latest Brexit developments, after Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly won a no-confidence vote late Wednesday.
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Kuwait&aposs then-Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah, Sheikh Sabah&aposs nephew, who also faced allegations, survived a no-confidence vote.
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Easing concerns over Italy's budget and UK Prime Minister Theresa May's defeat of a no-confidence vote had also aided sentiment, he said.
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His centrist ANO (YES) movement won the election, but his first minority government lost a confidence vote in January and had to resign.
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It's hard to predict what's going to happen next — but a lot of will depend on the outcome of this no-confidence vote.
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Michel's resignation comes after his government, which no longer commands a majority in parliament, lost a no confidence vote brought by opposition parties.
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Sanchez took office last June after the then-governing PP lost a confidence vote called over the involvement of party members in corruption.
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Venezuela is set to hold a "recall" referendum to remove Maduro, in what would be the equivalent of a popular non-confidence vote.
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Sanchez faces a confidence vote on Tuesday, but without an agreement with Podemos, analysts are expecting that he will not win that vote.
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He stood down only when threatened with certain defeat in a no-confidence vote in parliament, to be brought by an opposition party.
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His coalition partner, Panos Kammenos, pulled out of the government in January, triggering a confidence vote in parliament that Tsipras nonetheless won comfortably.
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President Klaus Iohannis's office said on Thursday he would only appoint a new premier if the incumbent resigns or loses a confidence vote.
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After winning a party confidence vote last December, Mrs May has a 12-month grace period in which she cannot be challenged again.
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If 48 letters of no-confidence are submitted to the head of the 1922 committee, then it triggers a confidence vote in May.
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The opposition Labour Party could call a confidence vote in the government, seeking to take control of the country without holding an election.
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That, combined with unhappiness at his handling of anti-Semitism complaints within the party, had raised the prospect of a no confidence vote.
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Rajoy said he would fight off a no-confidence vote and serve his four-year term, and ruled out calling an early election.
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Once appointed prime minister, Babis would remain in the position even if he loses a confidence vote, pending talks on an alternative solution.
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Prayuth would potentially face parliamentary deadlock if the opposition alliance controls the lower house, and he would be vulnerable to a confidence vote.
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The Senate party chiefs look unlikely to grant Salvini his request for the no-confidence vote to be held on Tuesday, with Aug.
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If he wins the confidence vote, Tsipras aims to bring the Macedonia name deal to parliament and to complete reforms before the election.
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Cabinet resignations in Kuwait happen frequently when elected lawmakers are set to question or submit a no-confidence vote against senior government officials.
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Of the current 230 Labour members of the House of Commons, 172 voted against Mr. Corbyn in a no-confidence vote in June.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would be expected first to try and form a government in the event of Johnson losing a confidence vote.
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The incumbent, Jeremy Corbyn, overwhelmingly lost a no-confidence vote among Labour's members of Parliament, but he has said he will not resign.
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There was talk of a no-confidence vote by the Academic Senate, with which Mr. Dirks had a strained relationship, The Chronicle reported.
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European Parliament elections on Sunday were extremely kind to Kurz's party, even with the Ibiza scandal and no-confidence vote looming over it.
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"You need to earn trust," Pamela Rendi-Wagner, the leader of the Socialist Party, told lawmakers before calling for the no-confidence vote.
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On Thursday, he raised the question of writing a letter to the party leadership calling for a no-confidence vote against Mrs. May.
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His coalition partner, Panos Kammenos, pulled out of the government in January, triggering a confidence vote in parliament that Tsipras nonetheless won comfortably.
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President Sirisena said he would not accept Wednesday's no-confidence vote, using the (somewhat ironic) justification that it violated constitutional and parliamentary procedures.
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It allowed Parliament to reconvene on Wednesday, where members held a no-confidence vote on Rajapaksa, rejecting his appointment as replacement prime minister.
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It is almost certain that the party would have succeeded in passing the no-confidence vote, given its dominance in the legislative body.
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Once he negotiated the support of several smaller parties, including Basque and Catalan nationalist groups, he had momentum for the no-confidence vote.
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It was the fourth no-confidence vote in Parliament that Mr. Zuma has survived — but the first to be conducted by secret ballot.
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His attempt to form a government follows an unsuccessful bid by Habib Jemli, whose proposed coalition lost a confidence vote on Jan. 10.
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Conte speaks at 1000 GMT in the Senate, which votes later on Tuesday, while the lower house confidence vote is scheduled for Wednesday.
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If he continues to defy his party's wishes, he could face a no-confidence vote by lawmakers as early as this week. 5.
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Prior to the no confidence vote, it had begun undoing some of the legal and tax changes that had raised concerns with investors.
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The confidence votes will be held by open ballot starting on Wednesday afternoon, with the final confidence vote to be held on Thursday.
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Sterling was the biggest loser, dropping below $1.25, after lawmakers triggered a no-confidence vote against British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday .
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Voters rejected a new constitution, handing the longtime president an unexpected blow in what was widely considered a confidence vote on his government.
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Greece: By a wisp, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras prevailed in a confidence vote, but analysts say he is likely to call early elections.
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After losing a vote of confidence there are 14 days in which she could try to retain power by winning another confidence vote.
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She won a no-confidence vote last month among Tory members, and party rules say she cannot be challenged again for 12 months.
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However, this will result in a confidence vote in parliament — described by some as a nightmare option — which is currently scheduled for Feb.
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The 63-year-old will be replaced by Pedro Sánchez, leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, who proposed the no-confidence vote.
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The 93-year-old will be replaced by Pedro Sánchez, leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, who proposed the no-confidence vote.
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Asia Pacific shares traded mixed on Thursday, despite strong quarterly earnings in the U.S. and after the U.K. government won a parliamentary confidence vote.
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The prime minister subsequently won a confidence vote that was tabled by opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, albeit by a slim margin of 19 votes.
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She also would not speculate on whether she might fire him or if the issue could lead to a government confidence vote in parliament.
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That would mean changing the rules from the status quo that a leader can only face one confidence vote within a 12-month period.
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Gentiloni re-appointed virtually all of Renzi's old ministers and easily won an initial confidence vote in the lower house of parliament on Tuesday.
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Babis's attempt at installing a minority cabinet failed in a confidence vote in January, although his administration has stayed on in a caretaker role.
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But that plan is facing criticism from other parties, whose support the League would need in parliament for the no-confidence vote to succeed.
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Bulgaria's center-right government, led by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, faces a no-confidence vote over accusations that it has failed to tackle corruption.
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"This scandal reveals above all the abuses of a hyper-presidential regime," veteran Communist lawmaker Andre Chassaigne told MPs before the no-confidence vote.
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Chamberlain survived a no confidence vote in parliament, but his majority was slashed as lawmakers in his own party abstained or voted against him.
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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called the confidence vote following the resignation of his right-wing coalition partner Panos Kammenos in protest over the accord.
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In the currency market, sterling gave up some gains after rallying from a 20.06-month low after May survived a party no-confidence vote.
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By that time, Sirisena will have amassed enough support for Rajapaksa to pass a no-confidence vote when one is eventually held, Kumar continued.
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Sanchez, who toppled his conservative predecessor Mariano Rajoy in a confidence vote last month, controls less than a quarter of the seats in parliament.
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Babis, who was appointed prime minister this month and whose cabinet took power last week, has until mid-January to win a confidence vote.
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Dragnea holds a tight grip over the party and earlier this year pushed out former Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu in a non-confidence vote.
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But not heeding it might well precipitate a no confidence vote in the government by a coalition of the opposition and Tory Remain MPs.
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MPs who are opposed to a no-deal Brexit have threatened to call a confidence vote which collapses Johnson's government before the Brexit deadline.
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"We want to change Rajoy's government and this is why we will vote 'no' in a confidence vote," Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez told journalists.
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The South African rand slipped 210.15 percent and stocks fell 2111.45 percent, with a no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma scheduled for Nov.
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Zuma is due to face a no-confidence vote in parliament later this week over the 355-page report by the constitutionally mandated watchdog.
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But after just 17 months in charge, the political wunderkind has now been ousted after receiving a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Monday.
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They said they would work with an opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, which had already pushed for a no-confidence vote in Parliament.
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A no-confidence vote would bring fresh attention to the widespread corruption in the A.N.C. and expose the governing party to charges of hypocrisy.
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If May wins this no-confidence vote, she stays in power, and goes back to figuring out what the heck to do about Brexit.
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His appointment came after the resignation of Sorin Grindeanu last June, after he lost a no-confidence vote brought about by his own party.
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So far, at least 26 have declared in public that they want a confidence vote, and more are thought to have sent letters privately.
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On Thursday night, a lawmaker allied to Mr. Sirisena said the president would accept a new no-confidence vote, if it were done properly.
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Popescu's Liberal minority government is running the European Union country on an interim basis after it lost a no confidence vote earlier this month.
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Parliament appointed Filip in hopes of ending months of political stalemate after the previous government was toppled in a no-confidence vote in October.
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Some analysts saw the 75-year-old's survival of the no-confidence vote as a victory considering the outcome could have been much worse.
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They remained steady after British Prime Minister Theresa May's government won a no-confidence vote, a day after May's Brexit deal was roundly defeated.
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The Labour Party will most likely respond to the defeat of the Brexit deal by scheduling a confidence vote that could bring down Mrs.
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But Mahathir's coalition has said they have the majority and vowed to bring a confidence vote in parliament when it reconvened on March 9.
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As predicted, Parliament resoundingly struck down her proposal last week — but, hey, she kept her job despite a no-confidence vote the next day.
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The first opinion polls after the confidence vote, taken before the offer to welcome the ship, showed a jump in support for the Socialists.
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However, at least one independent MP, Cathy McGowan, has already pledged her support for the coalition, making a no-confidence vote unlikely anytime soon.
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This Committee has the power to trigger a no confidence vote in any Conservative leader if it receives letters from 15 percent of Conservative lawmakers.
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On Wednesday, spot gold stood at at $1,288.7 per ounce amid caution ahead of a no-confidence vote on British Prime Minister Theresa May's government.
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They believe for her to avoid a no-confidence vote she may have to abandon her current Brexit plan and take a much harder stance.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday evening welcomed British Prime Minister Theresa May's victory in a no-confidence vote within her Conservative party.
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Ms Fujimori's brother, Kenji, a congressman, backed Mr Zavala in the confidence vote; some members of the party have called for him to be expelled.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni won a confidence vote in the upper house Senate on Wednesday, allowing his coalition government to take office.
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So far, only the Communists have said they may help ANO's minority government in the confidence vote, but their votes alone would not be enough.
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The opposition Christian Democrats and far-right Sweden Democrats said, however, they would press ahead with a no confidence vote in Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist.
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Image 2 of 2 ROME – Italy&aposs new populist government has easily won its second, and final, mandatory confidence vote in Parliament&aposs lower chamber.
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VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis won a confidence vote in the parliament on Tuesday, a procedural step following the July 12 presidential election.
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But any headline confirming a sufficient number of letters had been received to trigger a confidence vote, or another resignation, would send the pound lower.
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Salvini is pushing for a no-confidence vote this week to bring down the government his party formed with the 5-Star Movement last year.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's government survived a confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday called over its plan to boost employment by weakening workers' protection against dismissal.
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Although it jointly governs Ukraine in coalition with Yatseniuk's Patriotic Front, Poroshenko's party tried to topple the government in a no-confidence vote in February.
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And on Monday, opposition politicians in Parliament called for a no-confidence vote on Kurz over his handling of the scandal and his general leadership.
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Then, a referendum in Italy deposed former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi after it was turned into a confidence vote on his leadership by opposition parties.
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What's next for Brexit: Prime Minister Theresa May survived a confidence vote on Wednesday, leaving her in power but without a workable plan for Brexit.
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Mr. Sirisena suspended Parliament in an apparent move to give Mr. Rajapaksa time to try to muster enough support to survive any no-confidence vote.
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But analysts say any government formed by Cottarelli would almost certainly fail a confidence vote by the Italian parliament, making fresh elections a near certainty.
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After that, Italy's president, Sergio Mattarella, will start consultations to see which party or grouping in Parliament has the consensus to win a confidence vote.
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Under current law, general elections must be called at least every five years, though they can occur sooner if the government loses a confidence vote.
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Johnson's strategy might be exactly what the opposition needed to unite and focus skeptical MPs to join in a no-confidence vote against Johnson. Maybe!
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The ruling coalition lost the no-confidence vote after the switch in allegiance of a single lawmaker belonging to the junior party in the coalition.
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There's one big exception: The pound whipsawed after Conservative lawmakers announced the no-confidence vote, initially dropping below $1.248 before edging up to near $1.255.
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Labour's trade spokesman Barry Gardiner said his party would call a no confidence vote in the government when it believed enough Conservatives would support it.
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May's opponents have so far failed to muster the support of the 48 Conservative Party lawmakers needed to force a confidence vote in her leadership.
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The confidence vote was called after weeks of discord when at least 48 Conservative lawmakers submitted the letters of protest required to force it. Mrs.
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But he offered few concrete details on how his government would realize the proposals in his speech, before a successful confidence vote in the Senate.
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If Mr. Zuma rejects the order, the party could try to remove him through a no-confidence vote in Parliament, which could deepen party divisions.
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However, Mr Costa now needs to strike a deal with only one of those parties, rather than two as before, to survive a confidence vote.
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On Thursday a majority of lawmakers backed a no-confidence vote, opening the way for a transitional government until a parliamentary election in late 2020.
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Mr. Cottarelli, who is unlikely to win a confidence vote in Parliament, had informal morning and afternoon meetings with Mr. Mattarella in the Quirinal Palace.
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If Saied's own candidate for prime minister was also unable to form a government that could win a confidence vote, he would call another election.
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Romania's current Liberal minority government is running the European Union country on an interim basis after it lost a no confidence vote earlier this month.
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With this agreement, the proposed government will likely win a confidence vote in Parliament in coming days and the country will avoid an early election.
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The European Union state is holding three elections this year and next while the government also faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Oct.
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Fujimori told a crowd of supporters on Wednesday that Vizcarra called for the confidence vote to cover up potentially damaging revelations from ongoing graft probes.
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Masuzoe on Monday pledged to return his salary and begged that the no-confidence vote be postponed until after the Rio Olympics end on Aug.
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On March 1, he survived his second no-confidence vote in a year over what the DA party called his reckless handling of the economy.
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A furious Mr Kurz booted out the FPÖ, lost a confidence vote and yielded office to a technical government while a snap election was prepared.
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Although it jointly governs Ukraine in coalition with Yatseniuk's People's Front, Poroshenko's party tried to topple the government in a no-confidence vote in February.
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HDZ and Most's alliance effectively broke down after Most supported the opposition in a no-confidence vote against Finance Minister Zdravko Maric held on Thursday.
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However, he won some breathing space when the four-party opposition Alliance bloc said it would seek the confidence vote only after the summer break.
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" "We expect that a caretaker government would not win a confidence vote in parliament and that new elections could take place as early as October.
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If Parliament rejects her Brexit deal, a confidence vote may be in the offing, predicts one backbench Machiavelli who steered clear of Mr Rees-Mogg's plot.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May is leading a zombie government, opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Wednesday before a no confidence vote in parliament.
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The government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will face a confidence vote Wednesday after a coalition partner quit over a naming deal with neighboring Macedonia.
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The respite in the Catalan crisis comes as Rajoy faces a parliamentary no-confidence vote Friday following corruption convictions involving members of his ruling Popular Party.
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Although PiS has more than enough votes in parliament to survive a confidence vote, the motion comes at a time when its popularity ratings have fallen.
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Market focus is largely attuned to political uncertainty in the U.K., with investors turning their attention to a confidence vote on May's government on Wednesday evening.
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Masuzoe has asked for more time, pledging to return his salary but asking to postpone the no-confidence vote until after the Olympics end on Aug.
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If a majority do not support the government, parliament would have 14 days to try and form an alternative leadership capable of winning a confidence vote.
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Italian 10-year government bonds were underperforming in early trade ahead of an address by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte which may lead to a confidence vote.
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However, there are no restrictions on how soon another confidence vote can be called, so Labour could put forward another no confidence motion at any point.
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This week's confidence vote makes it clearer than ever that waiting another month or two will not magically create a majority in favour of her agreement.
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Amid the turmoil of a CSU walk-out, Mrs Merkel may go: either quitting of her own accord or losing a confidence vote in the Bundestag.
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But coalition lawmakers defeated the third no-confidence vote against the center-right coalition government - 133 out of the 240 members of parliament voted against it.
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Evans has strongly defended Edgeworth against the union's attempt to oust him in the wake of a no-confidence vote by aviation police officers last September.
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Tsipras, who faces a confidence vote on Friday, said the new handouts were not expected to put the country's fiscal achievements or annual targets at risk.
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If a no confidence vote were to be held before lawmakers leave for their summer break, it would have to take place on this day. SEPT.
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The ANC made the comments about Zuma in amendments to a no-confidence vote tabled by an opposition party and due to be heard on Thursday.
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The new government is likely to sail through a confidence vote in the 150-member parliament, where the ruling coalition has a majority with 79 lawmakers.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Opponents of British Prime Minister Theresa May are six letters short of the threshold to trigger a no confidence vote, The Sun newspaper reported.
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Western Europe's first anti-establishment government, which faces its first confidence vote in the upper house Senate on Tuesday, seems determined to hit the ground running.
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The small uptick came from the news that opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has started to gather support for a no-confidence vote in the current government.
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The acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, lost a first confidence vote to form a new government but is widely expected to win a second vote tomorrow.
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The confidence vote today make no changes to parliamentary arithmetic; it simply exposes the level of opposition in May's own party to her government-backed plan.
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The BJP won the confidence vote by a margin of six votes in the 225-member Karnataka state assembly, a live telecast of the vote showed.
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The motion for a no-confidence vote was rejected by a majority of government ministers, but the exercise highlighted the deep schisms among Croatia's political elite.
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Either way, it finally fell to Corbyn to take the next brick out of Britain's political Jenga tower, so today there will be a confidence vote.
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Yet Sadr is outflanking him on the pro-reform side, threatening to stage a no-confidence vote in Parliament against Abadi's government if no reform passes.
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Now, having survived a no-confidence vote, she's back to the drawing board with exasperated European leaders, who have expressed little to no interest in renegotiating.
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The chairman, Graham Brady, announced on Wednesday that he had received more than the required number of letters, and that the no-confidence vote would proceed.
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His Pakatan Harapan coalition, which includes his old rival Anwar Ibrahim, had vowed to bring a confidence vote in parliament when it reconvened on March 9.
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Romania's ruling Social Democrats lost their small parliamentary majority on Monday after a junior ally quit government over policy, leaving them vulnerable to a confidence vote.
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"We have stopped the Social Democrat Party from hurting Romania," said Ludovic Orban, the leader of the opposition Liberal Party which spearheaded the no confidence vote.
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Investors have also taken heart from a constitutional court ruling that parliament can hold a secret ballot in a no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma.
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But it was unclear that such a government would have enough support to pass a confidence vote in Parliament, thus thrusting Italy back into political uncertainty.
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The center-right PNL, a rival of the Social Democrats which spearheaded Thursday's no confidence vote, supports its leader Ludovic Orban for the prime minister job.
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In a phone interview, Anna Kinberg Batra, the leader of the opposition Moderate Party, said a no-confidence vote in one or more ministers was possible.
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What to watch: Mr. Johnson could face a no-confidence vote, but that could actually be a boon if it results in the election he wants.
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The European Union member state is holding three elections this year and next while the government also faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Oct.
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In July, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced a no-confidence vote in Parliament, brought about, in part, by the record number of rape cases.
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Then last month, Ms. Dancila's government was ousted in a no-confidence vote, with the Social Democrats' main rival, the National Liberals, forming a minority government.
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The hardliners need her to resign before the confidence vote can take place, and for that they need some of her cabinet ministers to walk out.
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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece called for a confidence vote after a coalition partner on the right quit over a proposed pact on Macedonia's name.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek right-wing coalition partner Panos Kammenos said on Sunday he would not support Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a confidence vote in parliament.
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In July, the pro-Russian, anti-NATO Communists, who have maintained a place in parliament, helped Prime Minister Andrej Babis's minority government win a confidence vote.
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MADRID – Spain&aposs opposition Socialists say the country&aposs parliament has scheduled a debate and no-confidence vote on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for later this week.
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The 47-year-old came to power last June after a no-confidence vote against the previous conservative minority government, which was weakened by a corruption scandal.
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The Liberals are expected to be defeated on Thursday in a non-confidence vote brought by the left-leaning New Democrats and backed by the Green Party.
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Gina Miller, co-founder of SCM Direct and a key instigator of a parliamentary vote, told CNBC Thursday that nothing had really changed since the confidence vote.
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Zuma, 75, survived a no-confidence vote in South Africa's parliament last month but only after some 30 ANC lawmakers broke ranks and voted with the opposition.
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The centrist minority government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban was toppled in a no confidence vote earlier this week, paving the way for a snap parliamentary election.
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Jack Guy Lafontant, the prime minister, quickly reversed the policy, but could not save his job; he resigned ahead of a no-confidence vote on July 21995th.
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May's own Conservative party tried to oust her in a (failed) no-confidence vote in December, and more than 100 Tories voted against her deal on Tuesday.
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The no-confidence vote will be scheduled for Wednesday, the PSD said, and is likely to succeed as the PSD and ALDE have a majority in parliament.
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Sanchez resigned when a majority of the party's assembly voted to abstain in a confidence vote to grant Rajoy a second term, something Sanchez had opposed steadfastly.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government survived a no-confidence vote on Wednesday brought by the opposition Socialists who accused it of failing to overhaul the ailing healthcare sector.
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LONDON (Reuters) - One more Conservative lawmaker has submitted a letter calling for a no-confidence vote in British Prime Minister Theresa May, the BBC's political editor said.
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The last few days were dominated by Brexit headlines with May's divorce deal overwhelmingly rejected by the parliament, followed by an unsuccessful no-confidence vote against her.
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PSOE, the opposition Socialist party, made it possible for Rajoy to win a parliamentary confidence vote after it lifted its veto on his second term and abstained.
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Sanchez took office in June after the previous conservative government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy - plagued by a corruption scandal - was ousted in a no-confidence vote.
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Last week President Jabob Zuma survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote over allegations of influence-peddling, one of several scandals involving him since taking office in 2009.
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In the run-up to Christmas, May survived some of the most turbulent weeks ever in the House of Commons, including a confidence vote among Conservative MPs.
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News that Environment Secretary Michael Gove would stay in the cabinet outweighed a growing plot to force May out of her job through a no-confidence vote.
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We're also reporting on a confidence vote concerning Britain's prime minister, and we're telling you what drug is now considered to be the most deadly in America.
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He last night confirmed he would call a no-confidence vote at "at a point when we can win it" but at an "appropriate very early time".
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The new government is likely to sail through a confidence vote next week in the 150-member parliament, where the coalition has a majority with 79 lawmakers.
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The pound had fallen to 20-month lows overnight as lawmakers in May's Conservative party gathered enough support to trigger a no-confidence vote in her leadership.
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The party rebels required support from 58 lawmakers for the no-confidence vote to go ahead in the National Assembly, but they secured backing from only 56.
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The pound had fallen to 603-month lows overnight after lawmakers in May's Conservative party gathered enough support to trigger a no-confidence vote in her leadership.
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Morrison, who must call an election by May 2019, had to seek support from independents to prevent a no confidence vote that would trigger an early election.
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Sanchez, who has said he needs at least a month before seeking a confidence vote in parliament, has appointed a six-strong team to handle the negotiations.
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With 117 of her party's 317 lawmakers having voted against her in a confidence vote in December, she is also likely to come under pressure to resign.
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Ouster in Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his caretaker government lost a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Monday after a video raised questions about Russian influence.
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But Mr. Engler's appointment was met with student protests, and the trustees are facing a possible no-confidence vote by the faculty, the Lansing State Journal reported.
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A confidence vote is scheduled for February 22 but opposition politicians have launched a court action to force the vote to bring it forward to this week.
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President Kais Saied said on Monday he would dissolve parliament and call for an early election if the new government failed to win a parliamentary confidence vote.
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However, the PS's victory means it needs to strike a deal with only one of those parties, rather than two as before, and survive a confidence vote.
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If Joyce was disqualified, Turnbull would be forced to rely on the support of independents to prevent a successful no-confidence vote from the opposition Labor Party.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party on Wednesday triggered a confidence vote in her leadership over Britain's planned divorce from the European.
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After the so-called "Ibiza scandal" broke, the Freedom Party joined the Social Democrats in a no-confidence vote that brought down Kurz as chancellor in May.
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The opposition Labour Party, for its part, has said that it will call for a no-confidence vote in May's government if her deal is badly defeated.
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If a no confidence vote is called then all serving Conservative members of parliament will be able to cast a vote for or against the serving leader.
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To form a minority government, Rajoy needed sufficient support, or an abstention, from his rivals in a confidence vote, though deep party divides made reaching any accord impossible.
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"According to (the Greek) press, the government has secured the votes necessary to pass the confidence vote," investment bank Axia Ventures said in a research note on Monday.
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If May survives Corbyn's no-confidence vote, she will have to put forward an alternative Brexit strategy next week, which will be subject to further debate in Parliament.
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The centrist ANO (YES) movement led by Babis won a parliamentary election in October but his minority government lost a confidence vote in January and had to resign.
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It tabled a no confidence vote against May, who is the head of the ruling Conservative Party, on Tuesday after her proposed Withdrawal Agreement lost by 230 votes.
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But what is certain is also crucial now is Labour Party takes actions at this moment, immediately declaring a vote of no-confidence vote to current British government.
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Calling a confidence vote obliges the government to resign if it loses, but Renzi has resorted to this tactic numerous times to speed up the passage of laws.
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The strikes have contributed to a growing sense of unease in Port Moresby ahead of Friday's no-confidence vote, said Noel Anjo, a leader of the student protests.
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Conte told the Senate that the surprise move for the no-confidence vote against the coalition was forcing him to "interrupt" what he contended was a productive government.
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"This government is now dismissed by parliament by a large margin," said Marcel Ciolacu, the leader of the opposition Social Democrat Party, which spearheaded the no-confidence vote.
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Major was also beset by divisions over Europe, describing three euroskeptic cabinet ministers as "bastards" in 22300 after narrowly surviving a confidence vote over the EU Maastricht Treaty.
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May's grip on power is also in jeopardy, as one high-profile Conservative MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg, called Thursday afternoon for a no-confidence vote in her leadership.
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A total of 48 letters can trigger a no-confidence vote, but it would require a majority of Conservatives to force her to resign from the prime ministership.
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Brexit-supporting Conservative lawmakers bluntly warned May last week that they are trying to gather the 48 letters needed to trigger a no-confidence vote in her leadership.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's newly-elected conservative government won a confidence vote late on Monday on its economic policy, which includes tax cuts and measures to speed up investments.
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The centrist ANO (YES) movement led by Babis won a parliamentary election in October, but his minority government lost a confidence vote in January and had to resign.
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Labour's representatives in the House of Lords decided at a private meeting to "park" that idea of calling a no confidence vote in their leader, the source said.
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The latest incident comes less than a day after Guyana's parliament toppled the current government in a no-confidence vote, paving the way for elections in three months.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel offered to resign on Tuesday after opponents tabled a no confidence vote in a political crisis triggered by differences over immigration.
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Our Founders deliberately rejected a parliamentary system where a simple no-confidence vote by a Parliament can bring a leader down and initiate, virtually immediately, a new election.
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Neither the main conservative HDZ party - which called last week's no-confidence vote - nor the biggest opposition party, the Social Democrats, are likely to win an absolute majority.
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She won the backing of her fellow Conservatives last month to remain the leader of the party after some party members forced a confidence vote in her leadership.
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Major was also beset by divisions over Europe, describing three euroskeptic cabinet ministers as "bastards" in 1993 after narrowly surviving a confidence vote over the EU Maastricht Treaty.
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A no-confidence vote has only succeeded once in France's 57-year-old Fifth Republic: in 1962, when it was used to oust the government of Georges Pompidou.
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But the Socialist Party has to patch over deep divisions if it is to shift its line and enable a government by abstaining in a parliamentary confidence vote.
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After a day and night of high political drama in London, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May comfortably survived a confidence vote in her leadership of the Conservative Party.
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The case is the latest to rock the PP, which led Spain from 2011 until June 1 this year when Rajoy's government lost a parliamentary no-confidence vote.
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At the same time, Ms. Rain's competence has been questioned after a series of professional missteps that led to a no-confidence vote by county legislators in April.
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Major was also beset by divisions over Europe, describing three eurosceptic cabinet ministers as "bastards" in 250 after narrowly surviving a confidence vote over the EU Maastricht Treaty.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a no-confidence vote later in the day, triggered by Conservative lawmakers, with the result expected at 2100 GMT (4 p.m. ET).
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In the interview with SABC, which came after the announcement of the no-confidence vote, Mr. Zuma said he had offered to step down — though not until June.
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But rebels have so far failed to secure the 48 Conservative votes needed to call a no-confidence vote, let alone the 159 votes to oust Mrs. May.
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May's leadership has been imperiled at various stages of the Brexit negotiations, and the signatures of at least 48 Conservative party lawmakers can trigger a no-confidence vote.
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Zuma weathered a no-confidence vote in parliament over the upgrades and paid back more than $500,13 after unsuccessfully trying to argue his case in the Constitutional Court.
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Mr. Cottarelli said new elections would be held in early 2019, though they could be held as early as September if he fails to survive a confidence vote.
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His first task will be to present his priorities for the new legislature in the so-called Speech from the Throne, which is followed by a confidence vote.
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Orban's minority government came to power in early November after the previous Social Democrat (PSD) cabinet was toppled in a no-confidence vote after three years in power.
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Cabinet resignations in the U.S.-allied, OPEC oil producer happen frequently when elected lawmakers are set to question or submit a no-confidence vote against senior government officials.
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Maimane said that the Democratic Alliance and other opposition parties agreed to mass action on February 22, the day of a scheduled parliamentary no-confidence vote over Zuma.
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Italy's 2020 budget was passed by parliament on Monday, around a week ahead of the end-year deadline, thanks to a confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Labour lawmakers voted against him in a confidence vote, citing, among other things, his failure to do enough to promote Remain, Labour's official position in the 2016 referendum.
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Another truly bizarre scenario would see Johnson attempt to get an election by calling a no-confidence vote against himself — and daring Corbyn to vote against it. 3.
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Zuma weathered a no-confidence vote in parliament over the upgrades and paid back more than $600,000 after unsuccessfully trying to argue his case in the Constitutional Court.
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On June 21st the PSD succeeded at last, winning a no-confidence vote and kicking Mr Grindeanu out of power, less than six months after it had installed him.
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If his majority falls to one, a single hitherto unknown Conservative MP, hardly recognised beyond close relatives, could decide the fate of Britain by backing a no-confidence vote.
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British broadcaster Sky's deputy political editor cited sources saying lawmakers in May's Conservative Party were "pretty confident" they had the 48 letters needed to trigger a no-confidence vote.
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It can allow Rajoy's conservative People's Party, which won the most seats, to form a minority government by abstaining in a confidence vote - something Sanchez has refused to do.
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Stefan Löfven, Sweden's prime minister since 2014 and leader of the center-left Social Democrats, has been ousted after a no confidence vote in parliament, reports The Local Sweden.
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Those MPs think he was at best ineffectual, and at worst actively sabotaged the campaign to stay in the EU, and so held a no-confidence vote on Tuesday.
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Also on June 1st Mariano Rajoy, Spain's prime minister, was dispatched in a confidence vote that has brought to power an even narrower minority government under Pedro Sánchez (pictured).
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LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - British lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party have not yet submitted enough letters to trigger a confidence vote in her, the BBC reported.
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Elsewhere Greek five and 10-year bonds were flat to 2.4 basis points higher with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expected to survive a no confidence vote on Wednesday night.
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"Senior Tory (Conservative) tells me Brexiteer anger so high that seems likely there will be a call for no-confidence vote tomorrow - letters going in," she said on Twitter.
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In August, he narrowly survived another attempt in parliament to force him from office after some members of his party voted with the opposition in a no-confidence vote.
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He said that while Labour was capable of forming a replacement minority government, his party was not yet ready to push for a no-confidence vote in May's government.
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Speaking after a brief meeting with the king, Lopez said Sanchez would need at least three weeks, possibly a month, before a first parliamentary confidence vote can be organized.
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On Sunday, the ruling center-right GERB party nominated parliamentary speaker Tsetska Tsacheva to stand in the election, which Borisov sees also as a confidence vote for his governance.
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At least 48 MPs must turn in letters to the chair of the backbench 1922 Committee, the Conservatives' parliamentary group, to trigger a "no confidence" vote within the party.
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Rajoy deferred a decision on Friday to bring matters to a head and seek a confidence vote in parliament, saying that for now he did not have enough backing.
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It appears he's able to do that; while the Conservative Party's rules state that a leader who loses a no confidence vote must resign, Labour has no equivalent rule.
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Parliament is highly fragmented and it was not immediately clear whether Gentiloni could win a necessary confidence vote in the upper house Senate later this week without Verdini's support.
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Conservative People's Party leader Pablo Casado said the vote, which was 191 against to 158 in favor with one abstention, had been a de facto confidence vote against Sanchez.
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After a week in which a slew of ministerial resignations rocked May's government, a confidence vote in her leadership has yet to materialise and she is clinging to power.
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He urged them to back a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Boris Johnson with him leading a caretaker government to extend the Brexit deadline and hold an election.
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While the outcome of the no-confidence vote is mostly symbolic, it will give the sheriff a sense of what his rank-and-file deputies think of his command.
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Carige's board will hold a no-confidence vote on June 2660 on Guido Bastianini, who took the helm in April 21 after top investor Vittorio Malacalza removed his predecessor.
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At a news conference announcing plans for a confidence vote late on Saturday, Iglesias and Montero said that the attacks were part of an attempt to destabilize the party.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's prime minister challenged lawmakers to table a no confidence vote in his government as he answered questions over alleged illegal financing of his conservative People's Party.
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Johnson reportedly plans to refuse to resign if he loses a no-confidence vote and would instead call for an election in the days after a no-deal Brexit.
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The call was prompted by growing speculation that politicians will try and force the Queen to intervene if Boris Johnson loses a no-confidence vote in September or October.
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Zuma's critics wanted the no confidence vote to be anonymous, hoping it will embolden ANC lawmakers to support his removal by shielding them from pressure from other party members.
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News of the no-confidence vote helped drive the Spanish government's borrowing costs to 2-1/2 month highs, while the blue-chip stock index, the IBEX, turned lower.
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Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as Spain's prime minister Saturday, a day after the Socialist leader successfully ousted predecessor Mariano Rajoy who lost a no-confidence vote in parliament.
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Despite that strong showing, however, it is unclear whether Babis will be able to win a confidence vote for his government by mid-January as required by the constitution.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote this month, a new attempt to unseat the president by opponents emboldened by splits within his own party.
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Conservative People's Party leader Pablo Casado said the vote, which was 191 against to 158 in favor with one abstention, had been a de facto confidence vote against Sanchez.
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He has postponed the start of parliamentary proceedings by two months amid opposition efforts, spearheaded by the 94-year-old Mahathir, to challenge his government with a confidence vote.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was voted down by Parliament on Tuesday, and now she's set to face another test — a no-confidence vote in her government.
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They then had their first cabinet meeting before a confidence vote next week, which is a mere formality because the two parties control a majority of the Italian Parliament.
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Queen Elizabeth is likely the only person with the constitutional authority to force Johnson to resign if he lost a no-confidence vote, but she has historically remained apolitical.
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But no-deal Brexit probabilities remain around 15-20%, according to Lund, who expects lawmakers to call a no-confidence vote against any prime minister who chooses that route.
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Aides to Romania's incoming Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said he would name his country's new candidate right after his proposed government passes a parliamentary confidence vote due on Monday.
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His government is expected to pass a confidence vote later on Wednesday, however, though it may prove fragile after struggling to reconcile the differences over policy and cabinet positions.
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Having already lost his Parliamentary majority and called for an election, he does not face the same danger of a no-confidence vote that haunted his predecessor, Theresa May.
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Main shareholder Vivendi is not likely to give a no confidence vote to CEO Flavio Cattaneo on the day of the July 210 board, reported Il Sole 210 Ore.
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Markets appeared relatively calm ahead of a possible confidence vote in parliament, where the ruling coalition has a large majority, to help accelerate the passage of the 2019 budget.
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MSU's steering committee will ask Academic Congress, which includes 2,200 faculty members, whether it supports having the Faculty Senate take a no-confidence vote in Simon, according to Laduca.
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The decision, announced in an extraordinary session of Parliament, came after the hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, had called for a no-confidence vote in the coalition government.
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The decision, announced in an extraordinary session of Parliament, came after the hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, had called for a no-confidence vote in the coalition government.
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On October 1, some doctors at the hospital called for a no-confidence vote in Dr. Thompson's leadership and questioned whether the industry relationships were jeopardizing the hospital's mission.
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President Trump faces tests of his political survival, the U.S. government shutdown has become the country's longest in history, and the Greek prime minister calls for a confidence vote.
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He echoed comments from other members of the pro-Brexit ERG group who have said they will support May's government in a confidence vote scheduled for later on Wednesday.
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May, who last week survived a confidence vote in her Conservative Party, has warned lawmakers that the alternatives to her deal are leaving without an agreement or no Brexit.
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But analysts warned that any government headed up by Cottarelli would be unlikely to win a confidence vote — meaning that snap elections could be called as early as August.
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One newcomer party, liberal Ciudadanos ("Citizens"), lent its support to Rajoy in a parliamentary confidence vote in exchange for an anti-corruption pact that envisaged eliminating legal protection for lawmakers.
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He said he would back May if there was a confidence vote and that talk of a leadership challenge was distracting when the government should be focussed on delivering Brexit.
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Assuming May wins the no-confidence vote, the big question is whether Corbyn will move forward on a referendum next week or wait until the end of March, Adonis said.
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On Wednesday, Wickremesinghe secured the support of 117 lawmakers in a confidence vote in Parliament, forcing Sirisena to relent from his promise not to reappoint the man he had sacked.
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Still, rebel moves to force a no-confidence vote in her leadership have fizzled and sterling has pulled away from last week's lows of $1.2725, its weakest since late October.
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O'Neill's spokesman said on Monday he would not quit before his court challenge to the procedure for a no-confidence vote is heard, and there is no timetable for that.
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Her Northern Irish coalition partners have said that they will support her in today's confidence vote, and May has given no indication that this stinging defeat will force her resignation.
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The assembly speaker then called a confidence vote, which opposition group DMK petitioned to be conducted via a secret ballot, arguing this would reveal deep divisions in the ruling party.
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His Socialist party took power for the first time since 2011 on June 2nd, when Mr Rajoy's conservative People's Party, embroiled in a corruption scandal, lost a no-confidence vote.
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Acting prime minister Mariano Rajoy said on Thursday he was ready to face a confidence vote on forming a new government after agreeing terms for a pact with centrist rivals.
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Zebari lost a no-confidence vote by 158 to 77, two lawmakers said, after questioning in parliament last month over alleged corruption and misuse of public funds, which he denies.
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VALLETTA (Reuters) - The Maltese government comfortably won a confidence vote in the House of Representatives on Monday after 13 hours of non-stop debate over revelations in the Panama Papers.
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His Conservative Party does not have a majority in parliament, is divided over how to deliver Brexit and under threat of a no-confidence vote when parliament returns in September.
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Mariano Rajoy, of the centre-right People's Party (PP), received 170 votes of support in Wednesday's parliamentary confidence vote, falling short of the minimum 176 needed to form a government.
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As expected, British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly won a confidence vote overnight and invited other party leaders for talks to try to break the impasse on a Brexit agreement.
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Under these laws, after losing a no-confidence vote the prime minister or his political rivals have 14 days to prove they can govern by winning a vote in parliament.
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As expected, British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly won her confidence vote and invited other party leaders for talks to try to break the impasse on a Brexit divorce deal.
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In July, president Beji Caid Essebsi called Chahed to step down or seek a confidence vote if the country's political and economic crisis continues, withdrawing his support for the premier.
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As expected, British Prime Minister May narrowly won a confidence vote late Wednesday and invited other party leaders for talks to try to break the impasse on a Brexit agreement.
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte comfortably won a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, confirming his government's majority after promising tough negotiations with Europe over the economy.
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"The no-confidence vote is not sabotage but a response to 83 percent of Bulgarian citizens who think this is their number one problem," Socialist party leader Kornelia Ninova said.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government won a confidence vote on Wednesday on a decree aimed at helping the country's feeble banking system, including state-backed guarantees to help sell bad loans.
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Shortly after the referendum, most of the shadow cabinet — the opposition leadership team — resigned in protest, and Mr. Corbyn lost a no-confidence vote by Labour lawmakers, 172 to 40.
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The prime minister's most senior aide Dominic Cummings has reportedly also said Johnson will refuse to resign even if his government loses a confidence vote in the House of Commons.
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Senior anti-Brexit politicians could try to drag the Queen into politics by telling her to sack Boris Johnson if he refuses to resign after losing a no-confidence vote.
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Conservative leader Mariano Rajoy was on course to secure a second term in power for his People's Party after the Socialists agreed to abstain in a confidence vote this week.
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Investors seemed to ignore a change in leadership in Spain, where Pedro Sanchez replaced Mariano Rajoy as prime minister after Rajoy lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on Friday .
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Lawmakers were preparing to discuss a no-confidence vote in Information Minister Sheikh Mohammed al-Sabah after he was questioned over violations of budgetary and legislative rules, Kuwait Times said.
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Corbyn wants a no-confidence vote, caretaker government with him as head, then an election, while the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats prefer to find alternative leaders for a unity government.
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On Wednesday, May survived a confidence vote by the Conservative Party, but a mutiny by more than a third of her lawmakers indicated parliament was heading towards deadlock over Brexit.
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On Wednesday, in order to tackle dissent within the 5-Star, the government called a confidence vote in the upper house Senate on a contested security decree championed by Salvini.
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The small Northern Irish DUP party, which props up May's minority government and refused to back the deal, said it would still stand behind May in the no-confidence vote.
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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his caretaker government were ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament in the wake of a secretly filmed video that raised questions about Russian influence.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will survive a no-confidence vote in parliament, his challenger and former premier Mahathir Mohamad said in an interview published on Wednesday.
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However, the Danske Bank pair also upped the possibility of a no-confidence vote leading to an extension of Article 50, and a general election after October 31, to 40%.
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Pellegrini is not personally implicated in Kocner's messages but opposition parties called the no-confidence vote as he refused to remove the deputy justice minister until she was formally charged.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday announced he was resigning as leader of the conservative People's Party (PP) after losing power in a no-confidence vote.
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The South American country plunged into a political crisis late last year when a member of the ruling coalition sided with the opposition in a no-confidence vote in Granger.
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Estonian opposition leader Kaja Kallas said on Monday the opposition would organize a no-confidence vote in parliament if Helme does not resign after his comments about Finland's new leaders.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 2.23 budget was passed by parliament on Monday, around a week ahead of the end-year deadline, thanks to a confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies.
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A confidence vote, used by governments to force legislation through parliament by truncating debate and sweeping away opposition amendments, would prevent any attempt by Italia Viva to block the reform.
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A no-confidence vote in Parliament would mean that the majority of total MPs — not just the Conservative Party — would move to oust May, which could potentially trigger new elections.
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Just earlier this week, Corbyn lost a no-confidence vote among Labour MPs by a whopping 172-40, owing largely to the fact that refused to campaign hard against Brexit.
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Forty eight lawmakers in May's party must submit a letter to Graham Brady in order to trigger a confidence vote that could see her removed as leader of the Conservatives.
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On Monday, May scrapped a parliamentary vote on her current plan, sending the pound to a 20-month low against the dollar and triggering a no-confidence vote on her leadership.
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That image of cordiality with the backdrop of the palace had been unthinkable until last month, before Sanchez defeated the former prime minister Mariano Rajoy in a parliamentary no confidence vote.
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But the currency later fell to its lows of the day after a BBC correspondent reported that UK officials are considering a "no confidence" vote on Thursday as "Brexiteer anger" rises.
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Sri Lanka appeared to have ground to a political halt on Thursday with the Speaker of parliament saying there was no functioning prime minister or cabinet after Wednesday's no-confidence vote.
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The opposition, led by the Social Democrats and the center-right Most "Bridge" party, has previously targeted Dalic over Agrokor, and she survived a no-confidence vote in parliament last month.
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Johnson is planning to hold a parliamentary election in the days after Brexit if lawmakers sink the government with a no-confidence vote, British media have reported, further unnerving currency traders.
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Other opposition parties wrote to Corbyn after the confidence vote to demand he now back a second referendum, which Labour has agreed should be considered if it cannot force an election.
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That means members of parliament will be able to hold a confidence vote on Rajapaksa but many fear the decision could be rigged amid potential attempts to intimidate and bribe officials.
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Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, after only his fourth head-to-head with Rajoy since December, reiterated his party would vote against a PP-led administration in an eventual parliamentary confidence vote.
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The day after the no-confidence vote, the navy of neighboring Venezuela halted two boats hired by Exxon to conduct a seismic survey in the western portion of the Stabroek block.
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But their influence appeared limited as lawmakers gathered signatures for a confidence vote that could trigger a leadership contest, following the resignation of key ministers in protest at the draft agreement.
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"One has nothing to do with the other," the chairman of the opposition Social Democrats Thomas Drozda said, referring to the EU vote result and the no-confidence vote in parliament.
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Rebels in her Conservative Party forced a no-confidence vote in objection to her Brexit plan, but did not convince a majority of the party's members of Parliament to oust her.
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Its biggest decline was against the British pound , falling half a percent at 89.53 pence, with relief that British Prime Minister survived a no-confidence vote also boosting the British currency.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Friday over his attendance at an anti-abortion vigil while on an official trip to Canada.
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Sanchez first became prime minister in June last year when the conservatives lost a confidence vote over a corruption scandal, but only gained more prominence in Brussels with this Spring's elections.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for the no-confidence vote on Tuesday, which forces members of Parliament to decide whether it supports May's government, in an attempt to trigger general elections.
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Opposition parties are pushing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to push for a no-confidence vote against May in Parliament, which could potentially force out May's government and lead to new elections.
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But Corbyn has resisted so far, and members of his party are backing him up, because it's not clear there's enough support for a no-confidence vote to succeed right now.
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The Conservative party faces a question mark over who will replace Cameron, while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn lost a non-binding no-confidence vote within his own party, according to Reuters.
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Mariano Rajoy, who lost a confidence vote at the hands of Mr Sánchez last June, managed his own minority government pretty well after losing his majority at the end of 2015.
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The Italian government won a parliamentary confidence vote on Wednesday on a security and immigration decree, in a victory for Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who heads the far-right League party.
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Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila's centre-left government collapsed last week after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament, raising the prospect of prolonged political uncertainty due to a fragmented opposition.
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With 160 seats or more, Liberal insiders say Trudeau will most likely govern as though he has a majority, effectively daring the opposition to bring him down in a confidence vote.
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Speaker Baleka Mbete announced Monday afternoon that the no confidence vote would be by secret ballot -- a move likely to severely test the loyalties of a party already wracked by infighting.
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Lund said however no-deal Brexit probabilities remain around 15-20%, because lawmakers could call a no-confidence vote against any prime minister who chooses that route, potentially triggering snap elections.
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That came after Zuma narrowly survived a no-confidence vote, which also exposed the rift in the party over concerns that Zuma's scandal-plagued eight-year rule has tarnished the party.
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Britain's electoral law lets another party try to form government within 14 days of a successful no-confidence vote, but only if they have a majority in the 650-seat parliament.
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The leader of the Spanish Workers' Socialist Party took over as Spain's prime minister on Friday, after a no-confidence vote spurred by a corruption scandal ousted conservative leader Mariano Rajoy.
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Asked about the prospect of pushing for a no-confidence vote in the government, Corbyn said he would "look at the situation" when parliament returns from its summer break in September.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will give a statement from Downing Street shortly after 2200 GMT, her office said on Wednesday, after she survived a parliamentary no confidence vote.
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Conservative leader Mariano Rajoy was on course to secure a second term in power for his People's Party (PP) after the Socialists agreed to abstain in a confidence vote this week.
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By no means do we need the president that all of a sudden talks about a substantial reconstruction of the government, including a confidence vote, or him speaking about early election.
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At this stage, the only real way that a hard-Brexit can be avoided would be for parliament to engineer a successful no-confidence vote in the government before Oct. 85033.
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Meanwhile, Spain's IBEX 35 was also off by almost 2.5 percent following news the country's Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, is due to face a confidence vote over his leadership on Friday.
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The government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls nonetheless faces a no-confidence vote on Thursday proposed by conservative lawmakers, though this is likely to fail in the absence of a majority.
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Elphicke had previously been suspended in November 2017 after allegations made against him were referred to the police but was reinstated December before a confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May.
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On Sunday, daily Verdens Gang and broadcasters NRK and TV2 quoted sources close to Solberg as saying her cabinet would stand by Listhaug and resign if the no-confidence vote succeeded.
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"The bottom line is that if PM Johnson fails to resign after a no-confidence vote when an alternative is clear, a 'constitutional crisis' will ensue," JPMorgan said in a note.
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Adam Cole, chief currency strategist at RBC, added that if the Labour Party lost the confidence vote as expected, it could switch its focus to a second referendum on EU membership.
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Downing Street signaled earlier on Monday that the House of Commons vote on Brexit would be treated as a confidence vote in the government and therefore potentially trigger a general election.
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But it is the continuing legal and political troubles of Zuma, who narrowly survived a no-confidence vote in parliament earlier this year, that have proven deeply damaging to the ANC.
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In June 2018, Spain's former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was ousted in a no-confidence vote after his party, the center-right PP, became embroiled in a truly massive corruption scandal.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat (PSD) minority government may not survive an expected no-confidence vote next month after its sole potential partner said on Tuesday it would not lend support.
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He said options included passing a law to force the government to seek a delay to Britain's EU departure or trying to force the government's collapse in a no-confidence vote.
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Only hours before his resignation he sounded defiant and aggrieved during a live interview with the state broadcaster SABC, after party leaders threatened to hold the no-confidence vote on Thursday.
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Lawmakers urged him and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to resign, then held a no-confidence vote in Parliament that dented the hopes of either man to run for office this time.
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Pellegrini has not been shown to have been in contact with Kocner but opposition parties called a no-confidence vote when he refused to remove the deputy minister who later quit.
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Prime Minister Viorica Dancila's Social Democrat government collapsed on Thursday after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament, raising the prospect of a government with limited support from a fragmented opposition.
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However, a no-confidence vote last month drew support from dozens of defectors from within Zuma's ANC party, a significant development that analysts say hints at growing factionalism within the ANC.
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As expected, British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly won a confidence vote overnight and invited other party leaders for talks to try to break the impasse on a Brexit divorce deal.
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The coalition will almost certainly have to call a confidence vote on the same bill in the lower house before the end of the month, or else the legislation will expire.
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LONDON (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma's survival in a parliamentary no-confidence vote will not impact the country's downgrade-threatened credit rating, the S&P Global agency said on Wednesday.
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In Romania, the leu was steady before a parliamentary no-confidence vote in which the centrist opposition is seeking to topple the Social Democrat government, one year before a general election.
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Although the no-confidence vote shows that support among ANC lawmakers for Zuma is on the wane, it is unclear how this rebellion could influence the succession battle in the branches.
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Although the government revoked the decree and survived a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, opponents vowed to continue to fight, and on Thursday the justice minister, Florin Iordache, submitted his resignation.
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A government source said earlier this month the measure would be put to a confidence vote, which speeds up passage of legislation but obliges the government to resign if it loses.
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In June 2018, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was ousted in a no-confidence vote after his party, the center-right Partido Popular (PP), became embroiled in a truly massive corruption scandal.
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ROME (Reuters) - The leader of Italy's 5-Star Movement, Luigi Di Maio, said on Wednesday he would seek a confidence vote from party supporters after a bruising defeat in European elections.
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Sanchez is not expected to win the first confidence vote on Sunday, in which he would require an absolute majority of 176 members among all 350 lawmakers in the Spanish parliament.
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Either way, Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee, said they have received the 48 letters — the 15 percent of Conservatives MPs required to trigger a no-confidence vote.
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Losing a confidence vote would not automatically force May to resign as leader of the Conservative Party, but politically it is unlikely she would seek to carry on in the role.
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In the last no confidence vote against a sitting Conservative leader in 2003, the chairman of the 1922 committee announced he had received enough letters to trigger a vote on Oct.
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The last no-confidence vote against a Conservative leader, when the party was in opposition in 2003, was held the day after the Committee chairman announced he had received enough letters.
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Before meetings can begin, May has to first defeat an attempt to topple her government, in the form of a no- confidence vote brought forward by opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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Italy's parliament approved same-sex civil unions and gave some rights to unmarried heterosexual couples on Wednesday after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called a confidence vote to force the bill into law.
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Under the Conservative system, a confidence vote is triggered when 15% of Tory MPs send letters of no confidence to the chair of the 1922 Committee, which represents Conservative MPs in parliament.
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Friction between Italy and the European Union over Rome's 2019 fiscal plans have weighed on sentiment, while France's government faces a no-confidence vote Thursday following the so-called "yellow vest" protests.
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"The truth is that we have created a radical change and we're proud of it," Conte told the Senate, where he is expected to win a confidence vote later in the day.
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But President Maithripala Sirisena, in a letter to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, said he could not accept the no-confidence vote as it appeared to have ignored the constitution, parliamentary procedure and tradition.
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"According to the no-confidence vote held yesterday, there is no prime minister or cabinet of ministers as of now as all those posts are invalidated by the vote," Jayasuriya told parliament.
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Italian government bond yields fell over three basis points across the curve, after the Italian government won a confidence vote in the Senate on Monday, prolonging its tenure, for now at least.
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If the government loses a confidence vote prescribed within a month of its appointment, it must resign but it will stay in office until another solution is found, which can take months.
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Spain's conservative leader Mariano Rajoy looked set to secure a second term in power for his People's Party after his Socialist rivals agreed to abstain in a looming confidence vote on Sunday.
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An attempt to unseat the previous government in February through a no-confidence vote failed, according to critics, because MPs close to powerful businessmen walked out of parliament just before the vote.
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The candidate will then submit a viable proposal for government to a confidence vote in parliament in which they must secure an absolute majority to avoid a second vote 48 hours later.
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If the government loses, lawmakers will need 150 signatures in parliament to hold a no confidence vote, which could lead to national elections if the coalition cannot agree on a new cabinet.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech lower house voted on Wednesday to adjourn a session due to hold a confidence vote on a minority government led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis until Jan. 16.
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But both agencies warned that political risks could hamper growth and impede reforms, with President Jacob Zuma facing a no-confidence vote by the ruling party's executive committee later in the day.
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The PSOE Socialists ousted 6-year Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his conservative People's Party following a no-confidence vote after dozens of officials were charged in a high profile corruption case.
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Britain remained in focus after UK Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote on Wednesday night, though uncertainty over the passage of Britain's exit from the European Union rumbled on.
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Four weeks ago Sadr, heir to a Shi'ite clerical dynasty persecuted under Saddam Hussein, gave Abadi 45 days to deliver on his pledged change or face a no-confidence vote in parliament.
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Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, who had been in power since 2015, lost a confidence vote in parliament in March after several defections by ruling coalition lawmakers to the opposition eroded his support.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A national election is the worst thing Britain could do now and would mean delaying Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday before a no confidence vote in parliament.
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Spain's leader Mariano Rajoy is on track to secure a second term in power for his People's Party after his Socialist rivals agreed to abstain in a looming confidence vote on Sunday.
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The students' demands that the prime minister step down came just weeks before the last date when Mr O'Neill's government can be dislodged in a no-confidence vote before the next election.
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However, they backed off following a plea from Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch, fearing their stand would be seen as a vote of no-confidence vote in VW's leadership, the source told Reuters.
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The move came two days after a no-confidence vote felled the previous government of pro-Western prime minister Maia Sandu just five months after it took power promising to fight corruption.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, a day after her government's plan for leaving the European Union was defeated by the same legislative body.
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Sanchez said on Friday he hoped to reach an agreement over a coalition by the end of the month and would seek a confidence vote in parliament at the beginning of March.
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ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte comfortably won a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, confirming his government's majority after promising tough negotiations with Europe over the economy.
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The no-confidence vote does not change Mr. Corbyn's status, but it opens him up to a leadership challenge at a time when the party must prepare for a possible general election.
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For point of reference, Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister in 1990 when she got the support of 204 Conservative members of parliament (or about 55 percent) in a no-confidence vote.
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Investors' short-term focus is now on a confidence vote on May's government by lawmakers later in the day.. Sterling was last trading at $1.2841 on the dollar, off about 0.1 percent.
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British Prime Minister May has survived a no-confidence vote from her Conservative Party, defeating a serious challenge to her leadership as she tries to steer the United Kingdom through Brexit chaos.
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Other opposition parties, including the Scottish National Party (SNP), are pushing Corbyn to move on a no-confidence vote in Parliament, which could remove May from power and potentially trigger general elections.
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The episode occurred only hours after the shaky Guyanese coalition government lost a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly late Friday, beginning what promises to be a volatile national election campaign.
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The party's chief whip Jackson Mthembu added that the ANC hoped to elect party leader Cyril Ramaphosa as president of the country on Thursday, after the no-confidence vote, or on Friday.
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Eurosceptic critics of the deal within May's party triggered the no-confidence vote hours after she returned from a whistle-stop tour to meet European leaders at the start of the week.
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SaS leader Richard Sulik was a part of a government coalition that unseated Smer in 2010 but it fell apart less than two years later when Sulik's faction missed a confidence vote.
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On Wednesday, when the parliament reconvened, a majority of lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote in Mr. Rajapaksa, which, according to Sri Lankan constitutional experts, means he is no longer prime minister.
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The Social Democrat government, which must approve listing plans for state-controlled entities, is facing a potential no confidence vote in parliament after losing its junior partner and majority in the assembly.
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While forcing Johnson to seek an extension of the October 31 deadline or else by successfully passing a no-confidence vote, parliament might spare the country from the worst-case economic scenario.
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HDZ and its junior partner Most ("Bridge") have already argued about political appointments and some reform plans, which suggests a no-confidence vote could pose a serious test to the coalition's stability.
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Conservative whips, who enforce discipline in the party, threatened to call a confidence vote that could bring down the government before a crucial vote on Tuesday on customs, one lawmaker told Reuters.
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If Jemli loses the confidence vote, President Kais Saied, who was also elected in October, can ask somebody else to try to build a coalition able to command a majority in parliament.
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Chahed, named premier after his predecessor was dismissed by lawmakers in a no-confidence vote last month, had been in talks with the main secularist, leftist and Islamist parties over cabinet posts.
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In Phoenix, when a police chief pushed back on the city's disciplinary review board for routinely overturning his recommendations to discipline officers, the police unions organized a no-confidence vote in him.
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Mr. Sánchez is not expected to win the first confidence vote on Sunday, in which he would require an absolute majority of 176 members among all 350 lawmakers in the Spanish Parliament.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party on Wednesday triggered a confidence vote in her leadership, plunging the country's planned divorce from the European Union into deeper uncertainty.
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Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez came to power last year after the previous conservative government lost a confidence vote, and needs the backing of Catalan nationalists and other small parties to pass legislation.
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The Florida sheriff who oversaw the response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland earlier this year received a no-confidence vote from a police union on Thursday.
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After the budget bill failed, the head of Catalonia's regional government Carles Puigdemont said he would call a confidence vote in September to test whether his administration still had the CUP's support.
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"If there is a call for a confidence vote in the government, Italia Viva will present a motion of no-confidence against (Justice Minister Alonso) Bonafede," Italia Viva said in a statement.
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In a joint statement, the foreign ministries of Germany and France urged the LDK to reconsider its call for a no-confidence vote and said Kosovo could concentrate on fighting the coronavirus.
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In a joint statement, the foreign ministries of Germany and France urged the LDK to reconsider its call for a no-confidence vote and said Kosovo could concentrate on fighting the coronavirus.
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A report in the Guardian suggested some rebel Conservatives would join the opposition in a no-confidence vote to remove May from power rather than accept a soft Brexit or long delay.
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"A significant number of colleagues did cast a vote against me and I've listened to what they said," said May, who under party rules cannot face another confidence vote for a year.
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But the result of a no-confidence vote in May as prime minister would be non-binding and, if it takes place, there were signs that Labour would struggle to embarrass May.
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If she cannot persuade enough of her party to support an election, May could be forced to back a no-confidence vote in her own government in order to try to trigger one.
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Barring last-minute surprises, a no-confidence vote that would oust Rajoy and make Sanchez prime minister-designate is expected to pass by a narrow majority in parliament&aposs 350-seat lower house.
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If Mr Davies is thrown out, as looks likely, the new leader will be left with a working majority of just three, making the government even more vulnerable to a no-confidence vote.
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Sterling's rebound came to an abrupt halt on Tuesday after a report that colleagues of Prime Minister Theresa May believed they had sufficient numbers to mount a no-confidence vote in her leadership.
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LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said that backing her government in a confidence vote due later on Wednesday would enable the country to find a way forward on Brexit.
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Sanchez's government - which had replaced a conservative minority administration removed from office last year in a no-confidence vote - had also depended on the support of other small regional parties to pass legislation.
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But Sanchez, who took office in June after his more hardline conservative predecessor Mariano Rajoy lost a confidence vote, has ruled out allowing any referendum on independence, saying it goes against Spain's constitution.
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"It is regrettable that the government pushes through the airline tax, but we won't demand a no-confidence vote due to that," Center Party leader Annie Loof of the opposition said on Twitter.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party would force a confidence vote in Theresa May's government if the prime minister loses another vote on her Brexit withdrawal deal, leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday.
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"The possible success of the no-confidence vote in Italy today could push euro/dollar towards and even below the psychological 1.1000 level today," said Chris Turner, head of forex strategy at ING.
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The no-confidence vote was brought about by the former ruling Social Democrats who have criticized the cabinet of Liberal Prime Minister Ludovic Orban for trying to alter electoral laws without public debate.
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He survived his sixth no-confidence vote back in August, but things have not been easy since then: Zuma postponed his State of the Nation speech because of mounting tension with opposition parties.
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe survived the confidence vote which was sponsored by opponents who blame him for failing to prevent an alleged scam in the bond market and anti-Muslim riots last month.
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At the end of the parliamentary debate the League withdrew the no-confidence vote in the government that it had tabled earlier this month, but Conte said the move had come too late.
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A challenge is triggered if 15 percent of the Conservative MPs write letters demanding a confidence vote to the chairman of the party's "1922 Committee", which represents MPs who have no government jobs.
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ZAGREB, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The Croatian government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote early on Saturday that the opposition demanded over handling of a debt crisis at the country's largest private firm Agrokor.
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The pound had tanked overnight to 20-month lows after May aborted a planned parliamentary vote on her plan on Monday, and then colleagues gathered enough support to trigger the no-confidence vote.
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The PP leader, Pablo Casado, insisted that this week marked the "end of the road" for Sanchez as prime minister, since the Wednesday vote constituted a "de facto confidence vote" on his premiership.
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After facing down a no-confidence vote triggered by his own MPs last year, this result is a huge success for the Labour Party's Jeremy Corbyn and his brand of left-wing politics.
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"The government will win a confidence vote and rise stronger and more coherent from this process," Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragassakis told lawmakers hours before the vote takes place, around midnight (2200 GMT).
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ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government won a parliamentary confidence vote on Wednesday on a security and immigration decree, in a victory for Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who heads the far-right League party.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Support for Spain's Socialists has jumped since leader Pedro Sanchez staged a successful no-confidence vote against previous Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, two polls looking at voting intentions showed on Sunday.
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LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will give a statement from Downing Street shortly after 2200 GMT, her office said on Wednesday, after she survived a parliamentary no confidence vote.
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Were the Conservatives to lose their thin majority in the Commons on a confidence vote, a new election would be ordered – with the far-left-led Labour Party, on present poll figures, favorite.
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ZAGREB (Reuters) - The Croatian government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote early on Saturday that the opposition demanded over the handling of a debt crisis at the country's largest private firm Agrokor [AGROK.UL].
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The previous government was brought down by a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, threatening more instability just five months after the pro-Western prime minister Maia Sandu took office promising to fight corruption.
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Britain's opposition Labour Party will call a no confidence vote in the government when it believes members of the ruling Conservatives will support it, the party's trade spokesman Barry Gardiner said on Sunday.
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The fact that the no-confidence vote happened at all underlined the public's growing disillusion with the leaders it elected after the 2014-14 Maidan uprising that raised hopes of transforming the country.
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Speaking to CNN, political commentator Arati Jerath said that the no-confidence vote, though likely to fail, will be a good opportunity for opposition parties to raise the issues they feel are important.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government won a confidence vote on its 2018 budget in the upper house Senate on Thursday, in a step toward approving its financial plans by the end of this year.
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Chahed, named premier after his predecessor was dismissed by lawmakers in a no-confidence vote last month, had been in talks with the two main secularist, leftist and Islamist parties over cabinet posts.
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Sanchez came to power in June last year after ousting the seven-year-old PP government through a confidence vote following a slew of corruption charges involving high ranking officials within the party.
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He somehow clambered back and in June became the first Spanish politician to take office by engineering a no-confidence vote in Parliament against the incumbent government, in this case the Popular Party.
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A challenge to May as party leader is triggered if 15 percent of the Conservative members of parliament (MPs) write letters demanding a confidence vote to the chairman of the party's 1922 Committee.
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That would allow Labour to take control of the country without an election.. If May's government loses a confidence vote and Labour is unable to form a new government, an election is called.
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Faculty leaders at Michigan State University are reportedly intending to call for a no-confidence vote in the school's board following the appointment of a former GOP governor as the school's interim president.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — The speaker of Somalia's Parliament resigned on Monday ahead of a no-confidence vote, sparing the country a repeat of the armed standoff last week that threatened to descend into violence.
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The nearly unanimous vote of elected faculty representatives came hours after a packed town hall meeting with hundreds of professors who voiced frustration with Mr. Nikias and called for a no-confidence vote.
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TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's parliament approved a new coalition government in a confidence vote on Thursday, after months of political wrangling that has slowed the north African country's efforts to tackle looming economic problems.
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TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's deeply fragmented parliament on Friday rejected a proposed new government in a confidence vote, meaning a complex coalition-building process will need to restart with urgent economic reforms at stake.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila's center-left government collapsed on Thursday after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament, raising the prospect of prolonged political uncertainty due to a fragmented opposition.
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British lawmakers voted on Tuesday against Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, leaving the country no clearer on its exit plan, and with the government facing a no confidence vote later on Wednesday.
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Israeli citizens will vote for the second time in less than six months on Tuesday, in an election that is widely seen as a de facto confidence vote on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The prime minister's historic defeat was seen as reducing the chance of a hard Brexit even as uncertainty ahead of a no confidence vote in May's government on Wednesday evening kept volumes muted.
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In September, the opposition party flexed its muscles by staging a no-confidence vote against the president, and calling for the entire cabinet to resign and for Mr. Kuczynski to pick new ministers.
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In a remarkable comeback, he returned to lead the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party a year ago, and has since been urging Rajoy to resign to avoid the ignominy of a no-confidence vote.
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May, who became prime minister in the chaos that followed the 2016 referendum when Britons voted 52% to 48% to leave the EU, survived a no-confidence vote of her Conservative lawmakers in December.
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Speaking to a crowd of gawping journalists and curious tourists outside the Houses of Parliament on November 15th, Jacob Rees-Mogg (also pictured), an influential backbencher, demanded a confidence vote in the prime minister.
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Greece&aposs main opposition leader urged lawmakers Saturday to support his no-confidence vote against the government over a deal to end a decades-old dispute with neighboring Macedonia over the latter&aposs name.
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The 10-year government bond yield was two bps higher at 4.30 percent, though suggestions that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras would win a confidence vote set for Wednesday kept a cap on yields.
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WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's ruling nationalists were likely to survive a no-confidence vote in parliament launched on Friday, but have seen their grip on power loosened by allegations of extortion at the financial regulator.
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If a no confidence vote in the government is tabled, May's administration would need to win the vote — potentially by offering some new concessions — within a 14-day period in order to carry on.
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"' The New York Times led with May's defeat in parliament and looked ahead to the confidence vote while the Washington Post said the defeat put the U.K.'s withdrawal from the EU "in doubt.
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A total of 48 letters can trigger a "no confidence" vote, but it would require a majority of her Conservative Party (at least 158 members) to force her to resign from the prime ministership.
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For example, the UK institution of the "no-confidence vote" means there's basically an expectation that a very unpopular leader should do the right thing and step down of his or her own accord.
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"What's more likely to happen than a confidence vote (in May) is this deal will be rejected by the House of Commons... There's no way I can see it getting through," Davis told CNBC.
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He said he would consider the confidence vote a defeat for May if she did not secure the backing of more than half of Conservative party lawmakers who are not in paid government roles.
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Analysts and investors interpreted the outcome as a positive for the market, making a "softer, later" Brexit more likely despite the uncertainty ahead of a no confidence vote in May's government later on Wednesday.
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On Thursday, the Guardian newspaper reported that Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the treasurer of the 1922 Committee, will allow a new no-confidence vote in May if she does not announce her resignation date Friday.
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Rajoy last week accepted a mandate from the King of Spain to form a government although he warned that he might fail and left open the date for a potential confidence vote in parliament.
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While the Conservative Party's rules require leaders who lose a no confidence vote to step aside — as happened to Iain Duncan Smith in 2003 — there is no such requirement in the Labour Party's rules.
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NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE The ANC called off a special meeting of its executive body on Zuma scheduled for last Wednesday after the president and Ramaphosa agreed to hold talks on a handover of power.
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Earlier, May won a confidence vote from her Conservative Party but more than a third of her lawmakers said she was no longer the right leader to implement Britain's exit from the European Union.
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The Italian government on Wednesday called a confidence vote over hotly contested legislation on gay civil unions after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi watered down the bill to reach an accord in his ruling coalition.
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Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk survived a no confidence vote in parliament but must now look for new allies, a prospect suggesting more horse-trading ahead and even more struggle to pass critical reforms.
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma survived his second no-confidence vote in a year on Tuesday, over what the main opposition Democratic Alliance party called his reckless handling of the economy.
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Sirisena then forced parliament into a three-week recess, preventing lawmakers from holding a no-confidence vote on Rajapaksa, whose previous regime was dominated by the suppression of free speech and harassment of critics.
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Sterling weakened as traders worried that British Prime Minister Theresa May was struggling to secure assurances from the European Union over her Brexit withdrawal deal after she survived a confidence vote earlier this week.
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ROME, June 6 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte comfortably won a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, confirming his government's majority after promising tough negotiations with Europe over the economy.
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DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Kuwait's minister of information and youth affairs resigned on Tuesday ahead of a parliamentary no confidence vote over the nation's 15-month international sports ban, state news agency KUNA reported.
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As recently as August, after loyal lawmakers helped him defeat a no-confidence vote brought by the opposition, he cracked jokes and broke into song with a cheering crowd outside the South African parliament.
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ANKARA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Iran's transport minister survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Sunday, state media reported, defeating a motion which could have derailed Iran's landmark deals with planemakers Boeing and Airbus .
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Since the no confidence vote campaign against Israel started last week, two other unions -- The Federation Of Public Employees and Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #53 -- have written letters of support for the sheriff.
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Rutte survived a no-confidence vote in April over the tax after memos emerged showing Shell and Unilever had both lobbied for the tax cut as he was forming his new government in 2017.
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"(Lawmakers) don't realise that if there is a no-confidence vote in September or October, we'll call an election for after the 31st and leave anyway," Cummings was quoted by one source as saying.
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Renzi won a confidence vote on Tuesday over a decree to speed up the recovery of unpaid debt, clearing the main parliamentary hurdle for the legislation aimed at helping the country's stricken financial system.
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Italy's new, anti-establishment government won its first confidence vote in the upper house Senate on Tuesday after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte had presented his coalition's agenda of tax cuts and higher welfare spending.
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" Merkel would win a confidence vote should the CSU leave the conservative alliance, Whitmann believed, but said that policies to manage immigration needed to be adjusted nonetheless, "otherwise voters will leave the established parties.
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A level of parliamentary special protection has helped shield Spanish lawmakers from corruption charges, a deepening concern amongst Spaniards and the basis of a no-confidence vote which toppled the previous government from power.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat (PSD) coalition government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Tuesday, strengthening Prime Minister Viorica Dancila's chances of being confirmed as PSD leader at a party congress this month.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Influential British eurosceptic Conservative lawmaker Steve Baker said on Friday he believed rebels who want to oust Prime Minister Theresa May were close to having enough support to trigger a confidence vote.
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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been forced out of power in a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Friday, after a Spanish court ruling that Rajoy's party financially benefited from an illegal kickback scheme.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The senior Conservative lawmaker who would oversee any confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May does not yet have enough letters from lawmakers to trigger the process, the Sun political editor said.
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Britain's weakened prime minister, Theresa May, survived a late night no-confidence vote, and then said she did not expect a quick breakthrough in Brexit talks that would help get the deal through parliament.
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ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government won a confidence vote in parliament's lower house on Friday paving the way for the approval of a bill aimed at boosting growth through tax breaks and investment incentives.
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Here's the latest: Britain's beleaguered prime minister faces a no-confidence vote today, after 48 lawmakers from her Conservative Party submitted letters of protest, posing a new and potentially lethal threat to her leadership.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A British lawmaker who quit Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives said on Sunday she would not seek to force a national election if there was a confidence vote in her former leader.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Pedro Sanchez was almost certain to become Spain's new Prime Minister after his socialist party on Thursday secured enough votes to topple Mariano Rajoy in a confidence vote over a corruption case.
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Margaret Thatcher survived a no-confidence vote in 1989, but her aura of invincibility was punctured by the ordeal, and she withdrew from a new challenge under pressure from party leaders the following year.
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This was in sharp contrast to Sorin Grindeanu, the previous prime minister, who refused to resign after losing the backing of his party, forcing a no-confidence vote last June, which he then lost.
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Prime Minister Albin Kurti's administration collapsed after his main coalition partners sided with opposition parties in a no-confidence vote against their own government, defeating Mr. Kurti by a vote of 82 to 32.
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ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's main opposition party said on Thursday it would challenge Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko over a conflict of interest dispute through a no-confidence vote that could topple the coalition government.
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LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Two more Conservative lawmakers have submitted letters calling for a no-confidence vote in British Prime Minister Theresa May, the BBC's political editor said in a tweet without citing sources.
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The recall does not legally require him quit, but it signaled that he had lost the support of the party's top brass and means that surviving a no-confidence vote would be near impossible.
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Ion Chicu's comments and actions, including a trip to Moscow last week, suggest a likely pivot back towards Russia after Moldova's previous pro-Western government was felled by a no-confidence vote on Nov.
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The prime minister bargained away her long-term political future to ensure she would survive the no-confidence vote, promising Conservative lawmakers that she would step down before a general election set for 2022.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that as far as she was aware, a formal challenge to her leadership had not yet gained enough support to trigger a confidence vote.
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If 48 Conservative MPs (Members of Parliament) back a no-confidence vote, there will be a leadership contest and the prime minister would need more than 50 percent of the vote to stay in office.
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But a no-confidence vote doesn't necessarily mean a general election, so May "is likely to come back and try to put her proposal, perhaps in an amended form, a few days later," he predicted.
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Marino served two and half years of a four-year term before a no-confidence vote by his party ended his period in office, which had been marred towards the end by an expenses scandal.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch foreign minister survived a no confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday, as he apologized for saying multi-cultural societies could never be peaceful, and calling former colony Suriname a "failed state".
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After the results of the confidence vote were announced to cheers from her Conservative lawmakers, May said she believed parliament had a duty to find a solution that delivered on the 2016 Brexit referendum result.
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The Italian government on Monday won a confidence vote in the Senate on a decree targeting charities operating migrant rescue ships, in a victory for Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and his far-right League party.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Aviation, maritime and public transport workers in Papua New Guinea went on strike on Thursday before a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, who has refused to resign over corruption allegations.
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"There has been a grave failure to fulfil the most basic duty of the state - to protect the lives of the people," CDS-PP leader Assuncao Cristas told reporters in proposing the no-confidence vote.
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In order for a no confidence vote to be triggered, at least 15 percent of Tory MPs (48 members) must write to the 1922 Committee — an influential body of backbench MPs — calling for a vote.
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Italy's struggle to form a government and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy facing a no-confidence vote raised investor worries about the prospects of the No. 3 and No. 4 economies in the euro zone.
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Sanchez, whose PSOE party came second in an inconclusive election in December, faces a confidence vote on Wednesday after acting prime minister Mariano Rajoy's center-right People's Party (PP) passed him the baton last month.
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Unlike some other European parliaments, the Bundestag cannot just dissolve itself (a legacy of Weimar-era instability) and as Mrs Merkel has not yet been reinstalled as chancellor she cannot call a straight confidence vote.
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Italy's government must seek an accord within the ruling coalition over legislation offering same-sex couples legal recognition and be ready to stand a confidence vote on it, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Sunday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling rose on Thursday after Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no confidence vote from her party but investors said the currency's gains could quickly evaporate if Britain's parliament remains deadlocked over Brexit.
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President Jacob Zuma survived a no-confidence vote in parliament last week but a few dozen lawmakers from his own party supported the motion that would have had him removed after eight years in office.
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South Africa's scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote on Monday by the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC), with at least three of his cabinet ministers turning against him, local media reported.
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At 1520 GMT the rand had weakened 0.25 percent to 13.4950 per dollar, inching towards a one-month low hit late on Tuesday after President Jacob Zuma survived a no-confidence vote by secret ballot.
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The Italian government on Thursday easily won a confidence vote on its 2018 budget in the lower house Chamber of Deputies, in a step towards approving its financial plans by the end of the month.
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Investors kept an eye out for developments around U.S.-China trade talks, and Brexit after lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party gathered enough support to trigger a no-confidence vote in her leadership.
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While the no confidence vote against Israel is symbolic, Bell said it represents the collective voice of the rank and file deputies, and he plans to use that voice to pressure the governor to act.
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The main opposition party Labour's leader Jeremy Corbyn wants a no-confidence vote, caretaker government with him as head, then an election, while the Liberal Democrats prefer to find alternative leaders for a unity government.
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Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera said his fourth-placed party would not abstain in a confidence vote to allow a coalition of the Socialists and Podemos and prevent another term for Rajoy's ruling People's Party (PP).
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An investigation into Dlamini-Zuma, seen as Zuma's preferred candidate by political analysts, is bad news for the scandal-plagued president who survived a no-confidence vote by his own party's highest body last week.
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Senior PP official Teodoro Garcia Egea told Onda Cero radio on Monday that Sanchez had not even asked his party to offer passive support for a Socialist-led government by abstaining in a confidence vote.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Western-backed government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, staving off the immediate prospect of a snap election in a country fighting a deep recession and a pro-Russian separatist insurgency.
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Medium-term fiscal policy is less clear following political changes in June, when Mihai Tudose of the governing Social Democratic Party replaced Sorin Grindeanu as prime minister after the latter lost a no confidence vote.
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Under plans being considered by Downing Street, Johnson could simply refuse to resign after losing a no-confidence vote in order to force through a no-deal Brexit on October 31, according to the Times.
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MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit are considering a plan to vote against Johnson in a no-confidence vote this autumn, a move designed to collapse his government and prevent a no-deal Brexit.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government on Wednesday called a confidence vote over a decree that aims to provide state guarantees to banks seeking to sell bad loans and create a holding company for small credit cooperatives.
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Wolfango Piccoli, co-president of risk consultancy Teneo Intelligence, argued the apparent opposition to a so-called neutral government would mean it is likely to fail to win enough support from any subsequent confidence vote.
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Even if the DUP backed the new prime minister in a confidence vote, a handful of Conservative lawmakers have threatened to vote against their own party if Britain looks set for a no-deal Brexit.
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Around noon on Wednesday, as Mr. Zuma still gave no indication of speaking, party leaders held a news conference and announced they would move to remove him through a no-confidence vote the next day.
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PRAGUE — The Czech Parliament rejected the minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babis in a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, a move that is likely to prompt weeks, if not months, of further political wrangling.
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Italy is in the middle of a political crisis due to far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who is planning to call a no-confidence vote in the government and push for early elections.
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Guyana's fragile multiracial coalition government fell after a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly late Friday, setting off a general election campaign nearly two years before President David A. Granger's constitutional term is complete.
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May's proposal has not convinced British lawmakers that a Brexit on those terms is possible, and the delay in the vote has heightened speculation about a no-confidence vote that could oust her from power.
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But Mr. Sanchez, who took office in June after his more hard-line conservative predecessor, Mariano Rajoy, lost a confidence vote, has ruled out allowing any referendum on independence, saying it goes against Spain's constitution.
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The government will be formally sworn in on Thursday morning, and must face a confidence vote, expected later this week, which is seen as a formality because the three parties control a majority of Parliament.
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That makes them both viable candidates, but should Orban lose the confidence vote, Romania's centrist President Klaus Iohannis would have to nominate a new premier from the liberal party, likely further delaying Romania's Commission pick.
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The leu held steady through a government collapse following a no-confidence vote last week and negotiations for a new parliamentary majority, but widening domestic deficits and souring global economic prospects are weighing on assets.
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Orban's cabinet took office in November and has vowed to undo contested economic and judicial changes introduced by the Social Democrat Party, which was ousted from power in a no-confidence vote a month earlier.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's coalition government comfortably won a confidence vote on Wednesday in the upper house Senate on a contested security decree, but tensions between the two ruling parties remain on a raft of issues.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's liberal newcomer party Ciudadanos ("Citizens") agreed on Sunday to back acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a confidence vote, but the support is not enough to end an eight-month political stalemate.
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