"This is not a vote of no confidence," Hart said.
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A vote of no confidence is scheduled for February 22nd.
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A vote of no confidence was already scheduled for Feb.
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Kurz was then himself ousted in a vote of no confidence.
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Earlier this year Zuma narrowly avoided a vote of no confidence.
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This would be a huge vote of no-confidence by the GOP.
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Or Mr Johnson could engineer defeat via a vote of no confidence.
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Opposition parties have proposed a vote of no confidence against Mr. Kurz.
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And could there be a vote of no confidence in the management?
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"It will not succeed," he said of the vote of no-confidence.
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Such a move is equivalent to calling a vote of no confidence.
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It may be that its only course is a vote of no confidence.
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Parliament is considering a vote of no confidence in Iraq's president, a Kurd.
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Angela Merkel, as caretaker-chancellor, cannot ask for a vote of no-confidence.
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Last year they watched plans evaporate for a parliamentary vote of no-confidence.
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Their union issued a Vote of No Confidence in ICE Director John Morton.
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That prompted Sanchez to push for a vote of no-confidence against Rajoy.
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That's a vote of no confidence in the Fed and its communication strategy.
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Proposing a vote of no confidence is not the same as winning one.
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"I am available for talks," Lofven said after the vote of no confidence.
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Lofven lost a vote of no-confidence as prime minister on Sept. 25.
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Opposition politicians are already calling for a vote of no confidence and fresh elections.
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Such uncertainties explain why many MPs now talk of a vote of no confidence.
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The nuclear option might be a vote of no confidence in the prime minister.
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Plus, stock markets in Europe and Japan have sagged, a vote of no confidence.
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The opposition called for a vote of no confidence in Parliament, possibly later today.
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In that context, it's galling that Labour's Vote of No Confidence will fail today.
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A day after the ruling, Mr. Sánchez demanded the parliamentary vote of no confidence.
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January 16 - May survives a vote of no-confidence in the House of Commons.
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Parliament has the power to collapse the government through a vote of no confidence.
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If 48 Conservative MPs submit such letters, that would trigger a vote of no confidence.
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn calls a vote of no confidence, which May however survives.
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In April, the union conducted and declared a vote of no confidence in the sheriff.
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Corbyn faces a vote of no confidence at a parliamentary Labour meeting scheduled for Monday.
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A vote of no confidence in the government could also be tabled by the opposition.
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But with rumors of more cabinet resignations and a vote of no confidence for Mrs.
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"This declaration is not a vote of no confidence in China," Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.
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And that year, the CBC conducted and passed a vote of "no confidence" in Perez.
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Those protests were a stunning vote of no confidence in China's Communist-controlled legal system.
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"This is like a vote of no confidence," Tanya Chan, a pro-democracy lawmaker said.
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But before that they have to win the vote of no confidence in the incumbent.
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Though widely expected, the Labour vote of no confidence underscores the depth of opposition Corbyn faces.
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The U.K. government led by Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a vote of no confidence.
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Previously, any vote of no confidence would trigger the prime minister's resignation and a general election.
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The easiest way would be to bring down the government in a vote of no confidence.
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Votes against the boards' actions amount to a vote of no confidence but are largely symbolic.
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The hardline Brexit faction has enough votes in Parliament to force a vote of no confidence.
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The vote of no confidence began on Friday and will continue until Thursday, according to CNN.
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Lawmakers allied with Mr. Rajapaksa did whatever they could to block a vote of no confidence.
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Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader, has tabled a vote of no confidence in May's government.
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He was the first leader in Spain's modern democracy to lose a vote of no-confidence.
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The U.K. government led by Prime Minister Theresa May survived a vote of no-confidence on Wednesday.
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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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It is growing increasingly likely that Johnson will face a vote of no confidence soon after Sept.
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Mr. Kamara, the sports minister, said Ms. Johansen wanted to avoid facing a vote of no confidence.
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The government of Prime Minister Peter O'Neill faces a possible vote of no-confidence later this month.
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That prompted the Sanchez-led opposition to call —and win— a vote of no confidence against Rajoy.
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In December, the Parliament ousted the government of President David Granger in a vote of no confidence.
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That prompted socialist leader Pedro Sanchez to push for a vote of no-confidence against the incumbent.
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Whether it's passing legislation to block Brexit or holding a vote of no confidence in his government.
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Immediately afterward, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, called a vote of no-confidence.
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These uncertainties make some MPs keen to consider a vote of no confidence in Mr Johnson's government.
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"Let me be clear: This declaration is not a vote of no confidence in China," Ghebreyesus said.
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Under Peru's constitution, a vote of no-confidence would have forced Vizcarra to replace his entire cabinet.
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The interior minister resigned and the opposition launched a vote of no-confidence, which the government survived.
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"My fear is if we do end in the scenario where we have to have a vote of no confidence I think we are less likely to win that vote of no confidence if there is the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister," she told Sky News.
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A vote of no confidence from Conservative MPs is now on the cards, and the sooner the better.
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If the parliament rejects the program, it will count as a vote of no confidence against the government.
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Theresa May, Britain's prime minister, survived a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party.
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Unlike Foot he has suffered a vote of no confidence endorsed by over three-quarters of his MPs.
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Sanchez became prime minister in June 2018 after Rajoy was ousted in a parliamentary vote of no confidence.
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On June 28th Mr Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence among Labour MPs by 172 to 40.
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Because she blocked that coup, she can't face another vote of no-confidence from Conservatives for 12 months. .
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She won Wednesday's vote of no confidence: 200 members of her party stood by her; 117 did not.
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The faculty offered a vote of no confidence, and hundreds of top professors publicly called for his resignation.
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But he refused, until the party this week threatened a vote of no confidence to force him out.
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Mariano Rajoy was ousted as Spain's prime minister on Friday after a vote of no confidence in Parliament.
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The opposition, meanwhile, has called for a vote of no-confidence in Parliament, a move they have attempted before.
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It also led Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to call for a vote of no confidence in the government.
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Sanchez first came to power in 2018 after a vote of no confidence in the previous center-right government.
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The odds for that improved after the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, narrowly saw off a vote of no confidence.
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The Conservative Party has held a vote of no confidence in the prime minister and left her badly wounded.
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The pilots' union, the Allied Pilots Association (APA), issued a symbolic vote of "no-confidence" in Parker's leadership abilities.
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Italy's senate will convene Tuesday to set a timetable for a vote of no confidence in its coalition government.
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The leftist opposition proposed a vote of no confidence, and snap elections may well be held later this year.
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"These same colleagues are not interested in moving forward with a vote of no confidence," Dr. Abu-Rustum said.
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Those kinds of controversies require something like a parliamentary system's vote of no confidence process, not America's impeachment process.
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The opposition has been trying to force a new election with a vote of no confidence in the government.
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It would take written requests from 48 Conservative lawmakers to secure a vote of no confidence in Mrs. May.
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The decision does not mean there's a "vote of no confidence in China" to quell the outbreak, Tedros said.
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A few months back, opposition lawmakers made several attempts to move a vote of no confidence against the government.
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In 2018, the Congressional Black Caucus took a vote of "no confidence" in Perez over the issue of superdelegates.
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Tanya Chan, an opposition lawmaker, said the experts' resignations amounted to a "vote of no confidence" on the investigation.
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In fifth-century Athens, ostraka were used to register a vote of no-confidence against especially despised public figures.
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The decisions and disregard of the fiscal board are laying the groundwork for a clear vote of no confidence.
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Eurosceptics in May's Conservative Party said they had submitted letters calling for a vote of no confidence in her leadership.
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Together the Alliance and the Sweden Democrats hold a majority, so a vote of no-confidence is sure to succeed.
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Labour's foreign affairs spokeswoman, Emily Thornberry, said it could try to call a vote of no confidence in May's government.
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No famous novel was published, and the government, like many just before it, collapsed in a vote of no confidence.
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The prime minister came home to find her own Conservative Party planning a vote of no confidence in its leader.
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Her local Labour Party strongly supports Corbyn and is planning a vote of no confidence against her later in July.
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In July 2016, before they passed a vote of no confidence in him, MPs begged him, in tears, to leave.
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Lawmakers who want to stop no deal are threatening to bring the government down with a vote of no confidence.
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The Sun reported that only eight more Conservative dissenters were needed to trigger a vote of no confidence against May.
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The vote of no-confidence on Rajoy last week received the support of 180 lawmakers, thanks to several fringe parties.
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A vote of no-confidence is unlikely to bring down Macron's government as it has a solid majority in parliament.
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Under Conservative rules, a leadership election is triggered if 15 percent of Conservative lawmakers demand a vote of no confidence.
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The declaration "is not a vote of no confidence in China," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the W.H.O.'s director-general.
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But a vote of no confidence taken by the Cumberland County Republican Committee passed earlier this summer following the wedding.
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Analysts had said it was unlikely that the president's critics would succeed in pushing for a vote of no confidence.
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The Labour Party says it will seek a vote of no confidence in the government if May loses the vote.
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Shares fell more than 5% Monday in a stinging vote of no-confidence, and were trading another 4% lower on Tuesday.
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If she loses the vote then undoubtedly the opposition party will put down a vote of no confidence in the government.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of no-confidence from members of her own Conservative party on Wednesday.
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To cause a sharp slowdown in a perfectly healthy economy would invite fierce questions and perhaps a vote of no confidence.
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A date for the vote of no-confidence can only be set after Cristas has formally submitted the motion to parliament.
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The next prime minister could face a vote of no confidence within a month and a general election within a year.
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Finally, on May 29th, he tendered his resignation to avoid the humiliation of defeat in an impending vote of no-confidence.
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Johnson is expected to face a vote of no confidence, called by the opposition Labour Party, when parliament reconvenes in September.
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If held and subsequently passed, the vote of no-confidence in Corbyn would not trigger any formal procedure to unseat him.
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Weeks afterward, leaders from four unions submitted a vote of "no confidence" for Southwest's chief executive officer and chief operating officer.
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Yet Frederick's relationship with the faculty is not without problems, as the vote of no confidence, valid or not, made plain.
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Labour wants a vote of no-confidence in the government shortly after parliament returns from its summer break on Sept. 3.
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However, the following month, a bloc led by the Socialist Party forced a vote of no confidence that brought it down.
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"We have registered a vote of no-confidence against the prime minister," Pampha Bhusal, spokeswoman for the Maoist party, told Reuters.
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Indeed, the "nuclear option" will be for Corbyn to call a vote of no confidence in the minority government of Johnson.
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But the situation may be out of his control after opposition parties proposed a vote of no confidence against Mr. Kurz.
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It was the first time in memory that a German management had been confronted with such a vote of no confidence.
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Mr. Sánchez seized on that to force a vote of no confidence, settling an old score with his bitter political rival.
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A vote of no confidence, an internal party coup, a collapse of the deal with the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party?
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A snap election is unlikely, however, as PiS has a majority in parliament and could block any vote of no confidence.
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Vizcarra said he counted Congress' appointment of a new member to the constitutional tribunal as a second vote of no-confidence.
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The ministers' decision will buy the government some time as parliament will eventually hold a vote of no-confidence in Karamarko.
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Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived a vote of no confidence in Parliament a day after it rejected her Brexit plan.
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On Tuesday night, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, called for a vote of no confidence in Mrs.
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He has ignored a vote of no confidence from the party's lawmakers, saying he has a responsibility to carry out that mandate.
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The current Congress has already issued a vote of no-confidence once during this government — in 2017, when Vizcarra was vice president.
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Since analysts tend to be bullish on the stocks they cover, this is akin to a Wall Street vote of "no confidence."
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If May's proposed Brexit deal is rejected, the opposition Labour Party could push for a vote of no confidence in the government.
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On December 22nd the government of President David Granger lost a vote of no confidence when a legislator from his coalition rebelled.
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It&aposs a vote of no confidence in the subways, which have a huge responsibility to fix their infrastructure at enormous costs.
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The restriction has led to speculation in today's papers that Conservative MPs could back an opposition vote of no confidence in May.
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If Congress issues a vote of no-confidence over the reforms, new parliamentary elections could be held as early as this year.
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Plans are afoot for a vote of no confidence in Mr Abadi, when parliament next convenes, possibly within the next few days.
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A new leadership contest, triggered after a vote of no confidence in Mr Corbyn by moderate MPs in June, illustrates the transformation.
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Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday called for a vote of "no confidence" in May's government, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported.
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More importantly, criticism of the deal would effectively be a vote of no confidence in Tavares, the architect of the company's turnaround.
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"This new information means that we can't support a vote of no confidence," Liberal Party Leader Jan Bjorklund told a news conference.
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The chaos engulfing May's cabinet has raised questions about whether she could face a vote of no confidence from her own party.
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The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, could try to bring down the government by a vote of no confidence.
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Founders, who try not to sell shares too early lest it be read as a vote of no confidence in their company.
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Deutsche Bank's chairman, Paul Achleitner, and investment banking chief, Garth Ritchie, avoided a vote of no confidence by the bank's shareholders yesterday.
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Their agenda has been so catastrophic that the New York Police Department union passed a vote of "no confidence" against de Blasio.
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Under the plan, the ability of one representative to essentially force a vote of no confidence in the speaker would be eliminated.
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Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant then resigned before an expected parliamentary vote of no confidence and was replaced by Jean-Henry Céant.
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During a plenary Wednesday, lawmakers also passed a vote of no confidence on service chiefs and security advisers calling for their dismissal.
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At this year's spring meeting, shareholders delivered what amounted to a rare vote of no confidence in Bayer's chief executive, Werner Baumann.
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But he's mired in the low single digits, and Patrick's entrance into the race was something of a vote of no-confidence.
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Britain's leader also challenged the opposition Labour Party to oust him in a vote of no confidence and trigger an early election.
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The Christian Democrats and the Moderates also said they had dropped calls for a vote of no confidence, according to daily Aftonbladet.
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May's government survived a vote of no confidence in January, the day after her Brexit deal was rejected for the first time.
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Adding to the prime minister's woes, the opposition called for a vote of no confidence in him, to he held on Wednesday.
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The government easily survived a vote of no-confidence on Wednesday as it has a large parliamentary majority following an election in December.
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While it's technically possible for a parliament to remove a chancellor through what's known as a constructive vote of no-confidence, it's unusual.
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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, called for a vote of no confidence in the government to be held on Wednesday.
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So if the market votes an overwhelming vote of no confidence on these tariffs, is there a chance that things change next week?
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But O'Neill has yet to formally resign, and has said he has filed a court challenge to a looming vote-of-no-confidence.
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Mr O'Neill now has 18 months before the opposition can call a vote of no confidence—but they will be far from calm.
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He said the government's term should end and parliament be dissolved if a majority of Egyptians gave it a vote of no confidence.
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This week the embattled South African president faces perhaps his toughest test yet: a vote of no confidence -- by secret ballot -- in parliament.
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An early election has been called for 3 June 2017 after Prime Minister Pakalitha Moisili lost a March 2017 vote of no confidence.
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LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's government won a vote of no confidence on Wednesday, with 325 votes versus 306.
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What's happening now: Zuma is refusing calls to step down, and party leaders say a vote of no confidence will be held tomorrow.
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"It would have been read as a vote of no confidence in the leadership," said the source, who asked not to be named.
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"That's a vote of no confidence by itself," he told the court hearing attended by both Burgmans and PPG Chief Executive Michael McGarry.
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He also said Labour would seek a vote of no confidence in the government if she lost the vote, a widely forecast outcome.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a vote of no confidence that could see her removed from office amid struggles to negotiate Brexit.
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Rocked with corruption scandals, President Mariano Rajoy of the conservative People's Party ultimately faced a vote of no confidence on May 271.7, 2018.
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Opposition parties called a vote of no confidence in Ms. Listhaug in Parliament, which could have threatened Prime Minister Erna Solberg's governing coalition.
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The surprise vote of no-confidence in President Park Geun-hye, whose father was dictator throughout '60s and '70s, came as a shock.
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They called for a vote of no-confidence and Mr. Michel promptly submitted his resignation to King Philippe, the Belgian head of state.
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The committee's decision prompted a vote of no-confidence in Mr. Perez last month from the Congressional Black Caucus, which opposed the plan.
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The opposition Labour Party said it will call for a vote of no confidence in the government if May loses on Jan. 15.
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She also agreed to a provision that would essentially prevent a single member from forcing a vote of no confidence in a speaker.
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Alternatively, Johnson could be forced to resign by Labour calling, and winning, a vote of no confidence when parliament returns in mid-October.
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Parliament has yet to make Abdul Mahdi's resignation effective and will convene on Sunday to pass a vote of no confidence in him.
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The law then gives Mr. Johnson 14 days after a vote of no confidence to try to get the house to reverse itself.
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If Congress issues a vote of no-confidence and Vizcarra dissolves Congress, new parliamentary elections could be held as early as this year.
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The law then gives Mr. Johnson 14 days after a vote of no confidence to try to get the house to reverse itself.
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On Tuesday, members of Parliament for the center-left Labour Party held a vote of no-confidence against their party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
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Earlier this month, the shareholder advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) called for stakeholders to issue a vote of no confidence in the management.
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What happens next is uncertain but the most immediate challenge for the prime minister is a possible vote of no confidence on her leadership.
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The British pound rose against the dollar on Wednesday after UK Prime Minister Theresa May survived a vote of no confidence in the parliament.
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MACCALLUM: So you think there is that the political will to push her out to have a vote of no confidence in the fortnight?
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The opposition Labour Party has said that it will immediately table a vote of no confidence in the government if May loses the vote.
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But the biggest vote of no confidence comes from Italy's own young people, tens of thousands of whom leave each year for opportunities abroad.
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He came to power in June 230 after a vote of no-confidence in the previous People's Party (PP) administration, under conservative Mariano Rajoy.
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He came to power in June 2018 after a vote of no-confidence in the previous People's Party (PP) administration, under conservative Mariano Rajoy.
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Yet the next day Mrs May easily defeated a vote of no confidence in her government proposed by the Labour opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
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Having been forced to hold the election by a vote of no confidence he portrayed himself, like them, as a victim of the establishment.
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Last week May pulled a vote on her deal from parliament, prompting a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the Conservative party.
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday became the first leader in Spain's modern democracy to lose a vote of no confidence in Parliament.
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This story stretches back to The Phantom Menace, when Palpatine convinced young Queen Amidala to call a vote of no confidence in the Senate.
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Mr. Achleitner avoided an embarrassing vote of no confidence, but the margin signaled that a substantial number of shareholders are unhappy with his leadership.
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Yet after Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for almost five weeks, some MPs want to have in reserve a vote of no confidence.
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Those steps could include bringing a vote of no confidence against Johnson's government, which — if successful — could force him to hold a general election.
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The SACP said it had objected, while the main opposition said it would call a vote of no-confidence in Zuma over the matter.
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If he doesn't resign, he will face a vote of no confidence in Parliament, which he will no doubt lose without his party's support.
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At the time, Céant replaced former Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant, who resigned in mid-July before an expected parliamentary vote of no confidence.
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IN THE END, the vote of no-confidence on July 23rd that brought down the government of Karnataka state came as an act of mercy.
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Zuma had been given an ultimatum by his party late Monday, personally delivered by Ramaphosa, to step down or face a vote of no confidence.
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The petition from the state pageant officials expressed a vote of "no confidence" in the Miss America Organization&aposs board of trustees, the Press reported.
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The British leader is currently facing broad criticism from across the political spectrum, amid lingering concerns she could soon face a vote of no-confidence.
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Under something called the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, Corbyn could propose a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons against the Conservative leadership.
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The party's General Secretary Gwede Mantashe claimed to not hold any power in the way of holding a vote of no-confidence against the president.
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The only way for members of parliament to block a 49.3 move is to propose, and pass, a vote of no confidence in the government.
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of no-confidence Wednesday after the threshold of 48 lawmakers needed to trigger it was reached.
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In this set-up, the prime minister could be removed by a vote of no confidence—no need for any more coups or mass protests.
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The country is so upset over the revelations that the leader might face a vote of no confidence, and protests are planned for late Monday.
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December 12 - UK Prime Minister Theresa May survives a vote of no-confidence among Tory members of parliament, garnering 200 votes of the 317 total.
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Theresa May controversially restored him the Tory whip last year, shortly before she was due to face a vote of no confidence in her leadership.
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The opposition reckons that it will soon be able to peel off eight government MPs to win a vote of no-confidence over the decision.
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Rather, it is that they will likely force her to make early decisions that could hasten a domestic vote of no confidence in her leadership.
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Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, has asked for a vote of no confidence, which if successful could lead to a general election.
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Pressed by reporters, the heads of the police chiefs' associations would not say specifically how many police chiefs participated in the vote of no confidence.
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The opposition Labour Party could call a vote of no confidence in the government, seeking to take control of the country without holding an election.
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Speaking on Wednesday, Miller told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick that the vote of no confidence would likely fail and allow Parliament to remove one major possible outcome.
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If Zuma had refused to accept the party's call, he would have forced parliament to initiate a vote of no confidence — the seventh in his presidency.
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A vote of no confidence in the government — proposed by Labour's leader, Jeremy Corbyn — will be debated on Wednesday, but it's almost certain to be defeated.
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Labour wants a general election if May's deal is voted down by Parliament, and has floated a vote of no confidence if the deal is rejected.
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PNG's opposition is maneuvering to call a vote of no confidence after a string of high-profile defections from O'Neill's government, including finance minister James Marape.
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Parliament will discuss the report this week before questioning Hanafi and possibly holding a vote of no-confidence that could remove him from office, Omar said.
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However, a delay could anger May's pro-Brexit colleagues who might then support a vote of no confidence in the government, potentially triggering a general election.
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A secret ballot of her Conservative lawmakers will be held between 1800 and 2000 GMT after a vote of no confidence was triggered in May's leadership.
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Lafontant resigned before Parliament, which was due to host a vote of no confidence, Yves Germain Joseph, the general secretary of the National Palace, told CNN.
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Following the collapse of her two-year divorce plan from the EU scheduled for March 29, May narrowly survived a vote of no confidence in Parliament.
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It's unclear whether Facebook's vote of no confidence is just a little bump in the road, or yet another sign that BlackBerry is circling the drain.
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While Corbyn tabled a vote of no confidence in the house, the DJ—known to his fans as SUAT—was on the turntables playing some house.
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But Mr. Engler's appointment has already been met with student protests, and the university's faculty senate is debating a vote of "no confidence" in the board.
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The party's hold on power is tenuous, and if even a few of its lawmakers joined in a vote of no confidence, they could topple him.
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The vote of no confidence raises questions about whether safeguards put in place by the 2010 Dodd-Frank law are going to prevent another bank bailout.
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Rajoy also faces a vote of no confidence in coming weeks, although the Socialists are not expected to move to topple the government at this time.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A British Conservative lawmaker said she believed that the threshold had been reached to trigger a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Back in June, the opposition New Democracy party also put forward a vote of no confidence against the government on the back of the deal with Macedonia.
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Catalonia's secessionist drive is one of the thorniest issues facing Sanchez after he toppled center-right premier Mariano Rajoy last month in a vote of no-confidence.
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North Korea threatens the US territory of Guam; Trump's Justice Department supports Ohio purging its voter rolls; South Africa's president survives yet another vote of no confidence.
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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been removed from office in a vote of no-confidence a week after his alliance with the far-right Freedom Party collapsed.
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Under Conservative party rules there can be no further vote of no confidence in her leadership until 12 months after the last one was held last December.
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The small uptick came from the news that opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has started to gather support for a vote of no-confidence in the current government.
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Ring-fenced from leadership challenges, the only silver lining of surviving the vote of no confidence, May has the political space for a U-turn or two.
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Local Conservative Associations have called an emergency meeting to discuss May's leadership on June 15 and will hold a vote of no confidence in the prime minister.
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In April, Broward County sheriff's deputies took a largely symbolic vote of no confidence against Israel, with Bell vowing to ask the governor to consider removing Israel.
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Her enemies are circling: Lawmakers from her Conservative Party could mount a leadership challenge, or Parliament could call for a vote of no confidence in her government.
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But the hardest test will be the British Parliament, where a maelstrom of opposition awaits and where the prime minister could face a vote of no confidence.
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It can be perceived as a vote of no confidence in NYFW, which just happens to be the most significant export of the institution Ford now leads.
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"If there was ever a clear vote of no confidence by a president in his attorney general, it was the New York Times interview," Mr. Durbin said.
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A formal resignation of the cabinet could follow a vote of no confidence that would lead to the formation of a new government or a new election.
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The opposition has been trying to force a new election with a vote of no confidence in the government, which could lead to a radical political shift.
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She had been threatened with a vote of no-confidence by local party activists for her public criticisms of Mr. Corbyn, but the motion was eventually withdrawn.
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Dr. Nelson, who has been threatened with a vote of no-confidence from the faculty, said Hampshire was negotiating with potential partners, but declined to reveal details.
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A vote of no-confidence in May would be triggered if 48 Conservative lawmakers submit letters to the chairman of the 1922 committee to demand such a vote.
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People are unhappy with the deal, so we think it is the optimum opportunity to put forward a vote of no confidence and call for a General Election.
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Johannesburg (CNN)South Africa's President Jacob Zuma burnished his credentials as the country's political survivor-in-chief by avoiding a vote of no confidence in parliament on Thursday.
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At 6 PM tonight, in Meeting Room 14 of the House of Commons, Theresa May will be facing a Vote of No Confidence (VONC) from her 315 MPs.
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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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A BBC report Tuesday suggested Prime Minister Theresa May could face another vote of no confidence from grassroots campaigners within her own party over her handling of Brexit.
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May's plan is still likely to fail and may not even be voted on, according to some experts, and she could also face another vote of no confidence.
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That means the governing coalition has lost its one-seat majority in Parliament and will have to depend on independent MPs to survive any vote of no confidence.
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Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would resign by October and the leader of the opposing Labour Party faces a "vote of no confidence" on Monday.
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The defections will only fuel the speculation that May could face a vote of no-confidence, which is triggered if 48 of the party's lawmakers call for one.
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Yet even as he hardened his heart against leaving, his comrades hardened theirs against him, threatening to support an opposition-sponsored vote of no confidence on February 15th.
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The Times A wounded Theresa May limped home from a vote of no confidence on Wednesday after more than a third of Tory MPs rejected her leadership. bit.
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The Broward Sheriff's Office Deputies Association took a 534-94 vote of no confidence against Israel last week, with union President Jeff Bell vowing to ask Florida Gov.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government would win a vote of no confidence put forward by the opposition Labour Party, energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday.
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Minutes after surviving the fourth vote of no confidence since becoming South Africa's president, a gleeful Mr Zuma emerged from parliament to sing, dance and rally his supporters.
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TUNIS — Tunisia's parliament passed a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Habib Essid on Saturday, effectively disbanding the government of the agricultural economist who studied in Minnesota.
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In heated exchanges in parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe sought to defend the government against calls by the opposition conservatives for a vote of no-confidence.
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In December the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), the nationalist opposition party, proposed a vote of no confidence in Foster in an attempt to force her out.
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A vote of no-confidence in May would be triggered if 48 Conservative lawmakers submit letters to the chairman of the 1922 Committee to demand such a vote.
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When the Phoenix police chief Daniel Garcia was fired in 2014, he blamed two police unions that had each called for a vote of "no confidence" in him.
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Parliament will debate a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May today, after lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected her plan to withdraw the country from the European Union.
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"They said they'd put down a vote of no confidence, then they said they wouldn't, then they said they would, then they did but it wasn't effective," Mrs.
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The opposition Labour Party has said it will call a vote of no confidence in the government if May's deal is rejected, but has not specified exactly when.
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The ANC had called on Zuma to resign and told him that it would sack him via a parliamentary vote of no-confidence if he did not resign.
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"I think we are less likely to win that vote of no confidence if there is the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister," she told Sky News.
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Mr. Sánchez sprung a vote of no confidence against Mariano Rajoy, then the prime minister, with the support of Unidas Podemos and of Catalan and Basque nationalist parties.
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"On that basis, there is no reason to call a vote of no confidence against Eva Nordmark tomorrow," Left Party leader Jonas Sjostedt said at a news conference.
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Labour, who could seek to take control by calling a vote of no confidence in the government, said on Sunday they were ready to form a minority administration.
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In early November Prime Minister Taavi Roivas lost a vote of no confidence, triggering the resignation of the government and talks for the formation of a new government coalition.
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The center-right opposition had threatened a vote of no-confidence in a number of government ministers if the minority coalition did not abandon its proposals to raise taxes.
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Rebels in British Prime Minister Theresa May's own Conservative Party have forced a vote of no confidence in her leadership today after 48 MPs submitted letters protesting her position.
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The opposition Labour Party is also in disarray, with several lawmakers seeking a vote of no confidence in leader Jeremy Corbin over his lackluster support for the remain campaign.
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On February 22nd (and possibly sooner if opposition parties have their way) Mr Zuma faces a vote of no confidence sponsored by the Economic Freedom Fighters, a firebrand party.
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Supporters of Nuri al-Maliki, a former prime minister, talk of a vote of no-confidence in Fuad Massoum, a Kurd who is Mr Talabani's successor as Iraq's president.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, hoping to force a national election, is expected to call for a parliamentary vote of no confidence in May's government if she loses Tuesday's vote.
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Tuesday's defeat opens an array of options, including a vote of no confidence called by the opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, to be held at 1900 GMT on Wednesday.
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LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A British Conservative lawmaker said she believed that the threshold had been reached to trigger a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May.
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The creation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, both outside USAID's ambit and control, represented a vote of no confidence in USAID.
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The crisis has put pressure on Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman's government just as it is about to lose its year-long immunity from facing any vote of no confidence.
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Mr Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence among the party's MPs by 22012 to 40 but refused to go, claiming he had the backing of the party's grassroots.
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What may be more urgent is whether Conservative MPs are ready to get rid of her more quickly than that -- through a vote of no confidence in her leadership.
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He would be forced out by a vote of no confidence in 1992, replaced by the man who had led the charge against him, Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig.
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He eventually won re-election, and in June, he became the first Spanish politician to take office by winning a parliamentary vote of no confidence against the incumbent government.
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Wednesday, the PBA passed a vote of "no confidence" on both, demanding the commissioner resign and asking New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to give the boot to de Blasio.
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If the president did not resign by the end of the day, they said, they would move to remove him through a vote of no confidence the next day.
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There were also no signs that the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will try to force Mr. Johnson out of office through a vote of no confidence any time soon.
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It is unclear how the scandal might impact his coalition majority in a vote of no-confidence against him and his government that could take place later this week.
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"Negotiations on forming another grand coalition aren't going down well with investors," Sentix said, adding that the survey was like "a vote of no confidence in a grand coalition".
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Mr. Sánchez came into office unexpectedly in June, after winning a vote of no-confidence against the previous conservative government, with the backing of Basque and Catalan nationalist lawmakers.
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Immediately after the vote against her proposal, the Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, citing the "sheer incompetence of this government," called for a vote of no confidence in Mrs.
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You could throw in a provision saying that either half of Congress can pass a vote of no confidence and trigger new House/Senate/presidential elections within 90 days.
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Speculation about a possible vote of no confidence in May continued to swirl despite the defiant tone she struck on Friday, vowing to take Britain out of the European Union.
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At least 113.13 members of her own Conservative Party have openly called for a vote of no confidence in May, citing dissatisfaction with her proposals to leave the European Union.
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Commentators have suggested that parliament, where a majority are opposed to a no-deal Brexit, could call a vote of no-confidence in him before then, most likely in September.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Influential pro-Brexit lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg ruled out standing in a leadership contest if British Prime Minister Theresa May loses a vote of no confidence on Wednesday.
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"Let me be clear, this declaration is not a vote of no confidence in China, on the contrary, WHO has confidence in China's capacity to control the outbreak," Tedros said.
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This may explain one more suggestion from Mr Cummings: that any election after a vote of no confidence is put off until November, ensuring that no-deal Brexit happens meanwhile.
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Last month Borissov's government survived a fourth parliamentary vote of no-confidence filed by the opposition Socialists over water shortages affecting thousands of people in a region of western Bulgaria.
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LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog came under heavy criticism from lawmakers on Monday over its treatment of small companies and consumers, but escaped a vote of no confidence.
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After the meeting, senior lawmakers said they did not expect the prime minister to face a vote of no confidence, although some Conservatives were still saying that she should go.
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"A lot of people think that it's a fudging exercise to draw the process out for a fair while and to somehow avoid the vote of no confidence," Barker said.
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Rapid-fire departures are either a vote of no-confidence in the business by those exiting, or an inability to manage the demands of keeping talent in place by management.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Scottish National Party (SNP) and other minor British opposition parties have tabled a vote of no confidence in Theresa May's Conservative government, the SNP said on Tuesday.
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But he could face a vote of no confidence in the 650-seat parliament as early as his second day in office if the main opposition Labour Party calls one.
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McDonnell told the BBC on Wednesday that another Brexit referendum is an option if a vote of no confidence fails to bring down the government or trigger a general election.
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That is the same unwieldy alliance that allowed Mr. Sánchez in 2018 to unexpectedly win a vote of no confidence against the conservative prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, and replace him.
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Another possibility is that she could face a vote of no confidence – although her opponents would need to gather behind a new candidate, unlikely given the stark differences between them.
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The opposition victory is tantamount to a public vote of no-confidence in Erdoğan and the AKP, who have ruled virtually uncontested since coming to power in the early 2000s.
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But the Conservatives could decide to bring themselves down in a vote of no confidence and Labour would be unable to command a majority, so new elections would be held.
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SKOPJE (Reuters) - The Macedonian government on Wednesday survived a parliamentary vote of no-confidence brought by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party over its handling of relations with Greece and Bulgaria.
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Analysts say the election talk will weigh on the pound on Friday because it is growing increasingly likely that Johnson will face a vote of no confidence soon after Sept.
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He or she might even be vulnerable to losing a vote of no confidence, according to Neville Hill, co-head of Credit Suisse's Global Economics and Fixed Income Strategy group.
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Meanwhile, UK Labour Party lawmakers passed a vote of no-confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday, accusing him of failing to win over traditional supporters during the referendum campaign.
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Catalan and Basque lawmakers played a pivotal role in Mr. Sánchez's election in June, helping him unseat Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in an extraordinary vote of no confidence in Parliament.
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ISS and Glass, Lewis & Company, another influential advisory firm advocating a vote of no confidence, cited the damage inflicted on the bank's finances and reputation by persistent money-laundering scandals.
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The various opposition parties may be tempted to bring forward a vote of no confidence in the government and give Mr Johnson the public poll that he so desperately wants.
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Kuwaiti newspapers reported the cabinet might be reshuffled or resign early this week in an effort to avoid a vote of no-confidence in the minister of information and youth.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government on Friday survived a parliamentary vote of no-confidence called by the opposition to dismiss centre-left Prime Minister Andrej Babis over a fraud investigation.
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The Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas lost a parliamentary vote of no confidence on Wednesday, which opened up the possibility of a party more friendly to the Kremlin taking power.
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He insists that lawmakers — a majority of whom oppose such a step — cannot stop the departure even if they pass a vote of no confidence in the government next month.
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He insists that lawmakers — a majority of whom oppose such a step — cannot stop the departure even if they pass a vote of no confidence in the government next month.
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A vote of no-confidence called by the opposition for next week can only succeed if the Social Democrats or the Communists, who back the coalition in parliament, switch sides.
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The resounding defeat even led Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, to trigger a vote of no confidence in Theresa May, which could have led to a general election.
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His minority government, however, has become increasingly unstable and only narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence over its handling of a policing scandal last week, prompting concerns among his colleagues.
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As the false reports spread, Moldova's pro-Russian Communist Party called for a vote of no confidence in the government leadership and raised Lupan's supposed statements in support of their case.
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More than 70 bosses of local Conservative associations have reportedly signed a petition calling for an unprecedented general meeting to hold a non-binding vote of no confidence in their leader.
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The proposal follows last week's resignation of Richard Edgeworth, the aviation police chief who received a vote of no confidence from officers last year, claiming morale had plummeted under his command.
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Some took the resignation of Lord O'Neill, Mr Osborne's right-hand man on the issue, and the retirement of Sir Howard Bernstein, Manchester's chief executive, as a vote of no confidence.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of a Conservative eurosceptic group in parliament, said the draft was "worse than anticipated", and he had formally requested a vote of no confidence in May.
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Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he will put forward a vote of no confidence in the government soon, if May's deal is rejected in a vote on Tuesday.
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It is hard for backbenchers to vote down their own government, which may be why since 1945 only one vote of no confidence has succeeded, against Labour's James Callaghan in 1979.
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The pound earlier fell after the Financial Times reported that Johnson would hold an election in the days following Brexit if lawmakers sunk his government with a vote of no-confidence.
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The Prime Minister has stepped down after serving just a year of his second elected five year term, and Labour alternative Jeremy Corbyn is facing a possible vote of no confidence.
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May's government won a vote of no confidence on Wednesday evening with 325 votes versus 306, leaving her to try to break the impasse over how to leave the European Union.
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Mutko, who oversaw Russia's disappointing showing at Euro 2016, became caretaker head of the RFU in September 2015 when his predecessor, Nikolay Tolstykh, was removed by a vote of no-confidence.
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Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada (R) will resign in the coming weeks after state House Republicans cast a vote of no confidence in his leadership amid a sexually explicit texting scandal.
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"The World Bank ... has sent a damning vote of no confidence to the future of the fossil fuel industry," Greenpeace International climate campaigner Gyorgy Dallos said, challenging banks to follow suite.
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KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Two political parties left Nepal's ruling coalition on Sunday, deserting the fractious alliance ahead of a vote of no-confidence that Prime Minister K.P. Oli looks likely to lose.
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There also was growing speculation that hard-line pro-Brexit Conservative lawmakers, angry at what they viewed as a flawed deal, could force a vote of no confidence in Mrs. May.
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Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, suggested on Tuesday that he would try to bring down the government through a vote of no confidence, but refused to say when.
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Option 2 is a vote of no-confidence, which would give MPs a window of 14 days to form a caretaker unity government with the express purpose of blocking no-deal.
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So, if rebel MPs cannot pass a law, they must be ready to use their weapon of last resort: kicking Mr Johnson out of office with a vote of no confidence.
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On Monday, Mr. Vizcarra argued that Congress's sleight of hand constituted a de facto vote of no confidence, giving him the right to shut down the legislature and call new elections.
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But our Constitution does not allow Congress to take a vote of "no confidence" for a president who pursues legal policies that members of the opposition party deem insufficiently publicly spirited.
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Chahed has gathered enough support in parliament to stave off a possible vote of no confidence by working with Ennahda and a number of other lawmakers including 10 Nidaa Tounes rebels.
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Not every disagreement necessarily leads immediately to a government collapse or a vote of no confidence, but prompting a collapse is considered a perfectly appropriate thing for a parliament to do.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would fight a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party later on Wednesday with "everything I have got".
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"If the motion is carried, I will treat that as a vote of no confidence and I will not stand as a candidate in the ballot," Turnbull told reporters in Canberra.
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The Brexit result became a catalyst for the Labour rebellion that had been brewing since Corbyn's election in September 2015 — hence the 172-40 vote of no confidence among Labour MPs.
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He then whispers to her aide, "Don't you think she looks tired?" thus beginning a tide of rumors about her health that results in Jones losing a vote of no confidence.
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Muqtada al-Sadr, who leads the largest political block in parliament, invited Iraq's second largest party on Tuesday to cooperate with him in "immediately" holding a vote of no confidence in Mahdi.
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For all their bluster, her Brexiteer critics couldn't muster the 48 votes necessary to trigger a vote of no confidence in the prime minister, let alone the 159 necessary to defeat her.
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A vote of no confidence in May would be triggered if 48 Conservative's MPs submit letters to the chairman of the party's so-called "1922 committee" of backbenchers demanding such a vote.
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Elections in the U.K. are now held every five years unless there is a vote of no confidence in the government or two-thirds of lawmakers vote in favor of holding one.
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AIBA has been riven with in-fighting for months, with Taiwan's Wu pitted against most of the executive committee who failed to remove him through a vote of no confidence in July.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The opposition Labour Party's finance spokesman said another Brexit referendum is an option if a vote of no confidence fails to bring down the government or trigger a general election.
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However, by making the cardinal mistake of repeatedly saying that he would resign if he lost that referendum, Renzi has converted that referendum into a vote of no confidence on his leadership.
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The opposition Pirate Party said it would seek a vote of no confidence in the minority cabinet led by Babis, but the government currently has a solid base of support in parliament.
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Miami (CNN)Broward County sheriff's deputies took a largely symbolic vote of no confidence against embattled Sheriff Scott Israel, but their leader says he plans to press the issue with Florida Gov.
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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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But the vacillations were not yet over: The next day, recognizing this moment of weakness, the prime minister's critics in the Conservative Party triggered a vote of no confidence in her leadership.
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By 2012, Mr. Sadr, who had returned from Iran, had regained enough influence to spearhead a vote of no-confidence against Mr. Maliki, a maneuver that spun Iraq into a new crisis.
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The speaker of Parliament, Baleka Mbete, announced late on Monday afternoon that a vote of no confidence would take place by secret ballot, following a request from a coalition of opposition parties.
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Or, if lawmakers succeeded in securing a vote of no confidence and Mr. Johnson were unable to form a new government but refused to resign, the queen could be asked to intervene.
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Or, if lawmakers succeeded in securing a vote of no confidence and Mr. Johnson were unable to form a new government but refused to resign, the queen could be asked to intervene.
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Several members of the opposition called for Mr. Helme to step down from government, and they attempted a vote of no confidence against the minister on Tuesday, though the effort ultimately failed.
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If the PD sees its bastion fall, it could decide to quit the national government, viewing defeat as a vote of no-confidence in its argumentative, three-month coalition with 5-Star.
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The interview came before the school announced Tuesday it would be polling faculty members on whether MSU's faculty senate should hold a vote of no confidence on MSU President Lou Anna Simon.
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A vote of no confidence would demote Abdul-Mahdi's Cabinet into caretaker status for a period of 30 days, in which parliament's largest political bloc would have to propose a new candidate.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - Opposition parties said they will call a vote of no-confidence in Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's government over alleged conflicts of interest, although they lack enough votes to win.
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He added that he would hold a vote of no-confidence in the government in reserve if any eventual accord still failed to achieve majority support in a deeply split British parliament.
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Walgreens, the giant drugstore chain, offered the latest vote of no confidence for Theranos, the Silicon Valley laboratory testing company it had collaborated with to offer blood tests for some of its customers.
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A wily Labour leader might have forced them to pass a vote of no confidence in their own government in order to hold a general election; Mr Corbyn simply went along with her.
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Having lost the vote of no confidence in the government—and hence his chance of engineering a general election anytime soon—Jeremy Corbyn will face mounting pressure to call for a second referendum.
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British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn called a vote of no confidence in May's government, to be held at 291.53 GMT, after her Brexit plan was soundly defeated in parliament on Tuesday.
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"The Alliance is going to say in committee that we are ready to act to prevent damaging tax hikes, for example in the form of a vote of no-confidence," the source said.
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Reality check: Conservative MP Dominic Grieve insisted on Saturday that Tory MPs would mobilize to bring down the government via a vote of no confidence if Johnson tried to force a no deal.
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Meanwhile Ukraine's prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, survived a vote of no confidence in parliament after the country's president, Petro Poroshenko, called on him to step down, ostensibly over the slow pace of reforms.
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"We'll table a vote of no-confidence at the time that we think it has the best chance of success and that will depend on the circumstances at the time," the spokesman said.
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One rumour has it that, in the event of a Remain win, 100 MPs could endorse a vote of no confidence in Mr Cameron, double the number needed to trigger a leadership election.
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Chahed's predecessor, Habib Essid, was toppled by lawmakers in a vote of no confidence, partly because of perceived delays to economic reforms made more acute by a wave of strikes and sit-ins.
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LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would fight a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party later on Wednesday with "everything I have got".
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It would, he feared, turn our republic into a democracy in which the chief executive served at the pleasure of the parliament and could be removed by a simple vote of no confidence.
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Given that astounding vote of no confidence, you might be tempted to skip the Dave Eggers novel of the same name (on which the movie is based) if you haven't read it already.
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"Now her government has received a vote of no confidence, the lame duck period has started earlier than any other administration in the past," the conservative Chosun Ilbo newspaper said in an editorial.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party triggered a vote of no confidence in her leadership on Wednesday as Britain's planned divorce from the European Union was plunged into chaos.
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Last year, Mr. Sánchez maneuvered to oust Mr. Rajoy in an unexpected vote of no confidence in Parliament timed to an unprecedented court ruling against Mr. Rajoy's party for operating a slush fund.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The deputy leader of a pro-Brexit faction in Britain's ruling Conservative Party has called for a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May by Wednesday, Sky News reported.
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"The main concern I would have is that we raise rates in December and inflation expectations fall... which would in my view be a vote of no confidence from markets," Bullard told reporters.
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In a statement on Tuesday Sadr, who leads parliament's largest bloc, asked Amiri, leader of the second-largest, to help him introduce a vote of no confidence on Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.
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As in Hong Kong, a striking feature of the Russian protests is the extent to which they are youth-driven — a vote of no-confidence in whatever the regime is supposed to offer.
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The declaration is not intended as a vote of no confidence in China's response to the outbreak, including its travel ban on 50 million people in the epicenter of the outbreak, said Tedros.
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Perez has never really been in the CBC's good graces; in 2018, after many in the caucus opposed a rule change concerning superdelegates, the CBC passed a vote of no confidence against him.
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Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader whose support for remaining in the EU was halfhearted at best, is refusing to resign from party leadership despite losing a vote of no confidence by a landslide.
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A vote of no-confidence in May would be triggered if 48 Conservative lawmakers submit letters to the chairman of the party's so-called "1922 Committee" of backbenchers to demand such a vote.
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Meanwhile, sterling climbed away from 20-month lows on news that British Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of no-confidence from members of her own Conservative party later in the day.
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The Financial Times, citing unidentified senior aides to the prime minister, reported that Johnson would hold an election in the days following Brexit if lawmakers sunk his government with a vote of no-confidence.
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TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid faces a vote of no confidence in parliament on Saturday after resisting the president's proposal to help form a new unity government to push through economic reforms.
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"I will give these signatures to the parliamentary speaker with the suggestion not to postpone all this (and) today ... to hold the vote of no confidence in the government," party leader Yuriy Lutsenko said.
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He has refused to rule out suspending parliament until after Britain leaves the EU and aides have reportedly said he could delay any election until November if he lost a vote of no confidence.
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Instead, party leader Albert Rivera has said his party would support a separate vote of no-confidence which proposes an independent candidate whose sole focus would be setting a date for an early election.
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He said the low voter turnout amounted to a "vote of no confidence" in the electoral process and that the opposition will now use all legal avenues available to put pressure on the government.
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The underwhelming effort in Kuwait may be perceived by Iraqis as a vote of no-confidence from the international community in Abadi's government, said Nathaniel Rabkin, managing editor of the newsletter Inside Iraqi Politics.
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Mr. Sánchez, a Socialist, promised the exhumation soon after becoming prime minister in early June, having ousted Mariano Rajoy and his Popular Party from power in an unexpected vote of no confidence in Parliament.
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Please remember: Whenever bond market investors vote with their feet, they are casting a resounding vote of no confidence in a central bank's commitment to price stability and in the currency's real purchasing power.
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Still, with Mr. Mahathir threatening a vote of no confidence against the new prime minister when Parliament meets on March 9, few are willing to totally count him out, even at 94, just yet.
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Though the opposition was poised for a smooth victory in the next elections, waiting until 85033 seemed an unappealing prospect when a vote of no confidence could quickly free Brazil from an unpopular administration.
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Theresa May is likely to face a vote of no-confidence in her leadership, a move that could see the British prime minister ousted by her own party over Brexit, according to reports Friday.
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European markets struggled again as British Prime Minister Theresa May battled to defend her much-criticized draft divorce deal with the European Union as calls grew for a vote of no confidence in her leadership.
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Johannson, 53, who is also deputy leader of the Progressive Party, will seek the president's approval to become Prime Minister, but the opposition said it's planning to pursue a vote of no confidence in parliament.
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Investors are waiting for the outcome of a vote of no confidence in the British government on Wednesday, after Prime Minister Theresa May's deal to leave the European Union was defeated by lawmakers on Tuesday.
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But soon after, Dr. Frederick received a vote of no confidence from hundreds of Howard faculty members, a public blow just days after he appeared to have mended some of his rifts with student organizers.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to "see this through" when asked how she would handle a potential vote of no confidence over her proposed Brexit deal during a Downing Street press conference on Thursday.
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MADRID – Spain&aposs Socialist opposition is challenging Mariano Rajoy&aposs government by filing for a vote of no confidence after judges ruled that the governing Popular Party profited from a large kickbacks-for-contracts scheme.
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If the government does not withdraw the proposal, the Alliance - which governed as a bloc between 2006 and 2014 - would probably table a vote of no-confidence in Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson later this year.
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The Swiss-based organization has been riven with in-fighting for months, with Wu pitted against most of the executive committee who failed to remove him through a vote of no confidence tabled in July.
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Labour is locked in a bitter internal power struggle, with Corbyn refusing to stand down despite most of his policy team resigning and Labour lawmakers overwhelmingly backing a vote of no confidence in his leadership.
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Having unsuccessfully tried other means to topple Najib, including a vote of no-confidence and reporting the PM's misdeeds to the police, Mahathir told CNBC he was now depending on elections to achieve his goal.
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Labour's representatives in the House of Lords will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to consider a motion which, if approved, would lead to a symbolic vote of no-confidence in Corbyn early next week.
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Labour said it would call a vote of no-confidence in Johnson's government as soon as it believes it can win it and would form a temporary government under leader Jeremy Corbyn to delay Brexit.
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Members of the country's lower parliament who had invited the President Wednesday also passed a vote of no confidence in service chiefs and security advisers, calling for their dismissal over their inability to protect Nigerians.
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In a statement on Tuesday Sadr, who leads parliament's largest bloc, asked Hadi al-Amiri, leader of the second-largest, to help him introduce a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.
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If he refuses to quit, the ANC will be forced into the ignominious choice of siding with the opposition in a vote of no confidence in parliament, or put forward a motion of its own.
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Mahathir, often honing in on the 1MDB issue in his political campaigns, has unsuccessfully tried other means to topple Najib, including a vote of no-confidence and reporting the prime minister's misdeeds to the police.
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Kalanick's move, interpreted by some as a vote of no confidence in current management, could raise questions about his status as an Uber board member, according to the FT, which earlier reported on the sales.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish opposition dropped its threat of a vote of no confidence in Labor Market Minister Eva Nordmark on Monday after the government and its support parties said they would postpone labor reforms.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The time may come when Britain's opposition Labour Party has to call another vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May's government, the party's foreign affairs spokeswoman Emily Thornberry said on Sunday.
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Michigan State faculty members have called for an emergency meeting of the Faculty Senate for a vote of no confidence in Simon, according to Robert Laduca Jr. of the Michigan State academic governance steering committee.
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"The Indian rupee just gave the Supreme Leader a vote of no confidence, crashing to a historic low," Rahul Gandhi, president of the main opposition Congress party, said in a tweet referring to his rival Modi.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament needs to regain control of the Brexit process, opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Wednesday after Prime Minister Theresa May survived a vote of no confidence from her own party.
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TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi named a little-known technocrat as prime minister on Wednesday after parliament ousted Habib Essid in a vote of no-confidence over his handling of economic reforms and security.
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"If she loses the vote, then undoubtedly the opposition party will put down a vote of no-confidence in the government," the British politician told CNBC's Martin Soong at the UBS Wealth Insights conference in Singapore.
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"Parliamentary procedure offers no route, and the only apparent way to blocking 'no deal' – a vote of no confidence – would be a massive gamble for (Conservative members of parliament)," wrote the non-aligned Institute of Government.
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Amid the financial market and political fallout — including a Conservatives leadership contest and a "vote of no confidence" in the leader of the opposition Labour Party — some "remain" voters are finding the results hard to swallow.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has raised the possibility that Johnson, who has barely warmed the seat of 10 Downing Street, could be removed by a vote of no confidence in September, thereby precipitating an early election.
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The bank was already braced for a potentially rocky ride at this year's gathering after two advisory groups - Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis - urged investors to issue a vote of no confidence in management.
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The bank was already facing a potential rocky ride at this year's gathering after two advisory groups to shareholders - Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis - urged them to issue a vote of no confidence in management.
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LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's opposition-controlled Congress ousted center-right President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's cabinet in a vote of no-confidence early on Friday, pitching the copper-producing Andean country into its worst political crisis in years.
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"Once again, talk of the 48 letters to trigger a vote of no confidence has appeared, though reports suggest that those seeking to oust May using this method are still short of that number," he said.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition Labour Party members in Britain's upper house of parliament will consider holding a symbolic vote of no confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn, a party source with knowledge of the move said on Thursday.
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After a vote of no confidence in Mr Yatseniuk last month failed, the prime minister agreed to step down in favour of Volodymyr Groysman, the chairman of the Rada and a close associate of Mr Poroshenko.
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"There could be potential political ramifications of the cabinet reshuffle, as reflected by indications by opposition parties for a vote of no-confidence and impeachment motion," JPMorgan Chase's Sonja Keller wrote in a note to clients.
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Chahed has gathered enough support in parliament to stave off a possible vote of no confidence by working with the co-ruling Islamist Ennahda party and a number of other lawmakers including 10 Nidaa Tounes rebels.
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These issues, as well as Mr. Corbyn's positions far to the left of most of the party's members of Parliament, led to a vote of no-confidence by the party's House of Commons delegation in June.
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Or, finally, all the other parties in Parliament, plus some Tory MPs who break with the party over Brexit, could bring down the government in a vote of no confidence, leading to a new general election.
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"It is increasingly clear that we will have to install a new prime minister via a vote of no confidence, so that we can request a delay to Brexit and hold an election," the source said.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's center-right opposition no longer plans to bring a vote of no confidence in Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist over a botched IT outsourcing deal, after new information came to light, the alliance said.
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By midafternoon, the Basque nationalist party said that its lawmakers would support Mr. Sánchez, ensuring that a vote of no-confidence would be approved by a slim majority of the 2016 lawmakers in the Spanish Parliament.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government survived as expected on Wednesday a parliamentary vote of no-confidence brought by the opposition Socialists after thousands of people have been left with water shortages since November, leading to public protests.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government survived as expected on Wednesday a parliamentary vote of no-confidence brought by the opposition Socialists after thousands of people have been left with water shortages since November, leading to public protests.
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According to the news outlet, the Center Party, one of the five parties that made up Rinne's Cabinet, withdrew its support of Rinne on Monday, urging him to resign or face a vote of no confidence.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party on Wednesday tabled a parliamentary vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, demanding his resignation in the aftermath of a scandal over leaks of sensitive material.
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Similarly, a Tory MP who lodged a letter calling for a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister, minutes before May was due on stage, was dismissed by his colleagues as ill-timed and disloyal.
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TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia's coalition government could be threatened with collapse this week after two junior coalition partners called on the prime minister to resign on Monday and the opposition called for a vote of no confidence.
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According to the A.I.B.A.'s bylaws, a vote of no confidence by the executive committee members means Wu, the president, cannot act, and that an interim management committee must be formed to take over administrative duties.
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The two support parties have both called for Zuma to resign, while opposition party Democratic Alliance has initiated a vote of no confidence, relying on ANC parliament members to turn on the 74-year-old Zuma.
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There are many among both that don't like the deal and say it keeps the U.K. tied to Europe economically and politically, although so far a vote of no-confidence and leadership challenge has not been announced.
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After delivering a resounding vote of no confidence Thursday, members of the Broward County deputies union want Sheriff Scott Israel removed from office, signifying their distaste with the leader's media-centric response to the Parkland school shooting.
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Speaking to Sky News Thursday, Hammond has left open the option of supporting a vote of no-confidence against the next prime minister to stop them pursuing a course of action which is "not in Britain's interests."
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They are keenly following discussions by MPs from all parties on how to thwart a no-deal Brexit, either by legislative means or by the nuclear option of a vote of no confidence in Mr Johnson's government.
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The Conservative Party is not the only one feeling the heat after the vote: The left wing leader of the Labour Party facing an open revolt from his shadow Cabinet and vote of no confidence on Monday.
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"EU leaders will be watching closely to see if the UK government can survive a potential vote of no confidence in the opening weeks of September following parliament's return from the summer recess," analysts at MUFG said.
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In order for a vote of no confidence to be kicked off, 2158 Tory MPs — 212 percent – have to write to the chairman of the Conservative 22018 committee, a group of backbench Tories who hold weekly meetings.
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Earlier this month Mulki avoided a vote of no-confidence in parliament after deputies sought to bring down the government over the price hikes that raised taxes on most consumer and food items and some fuel items.
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PRAGUE, June 27 (Reuters) - The Czech minority government led by the populist ANO party on Thursday survived a vote of no confidence called by the opposition, after a series of public protests against Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
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British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn overwhelmingly lost a vote of no-confidence by members of his party on Tuesday, with 172 Labour MPs voting for Corbyn to step down and 40 supporting him in a secret ballot.
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British media, citing sources, reported minutes before Rees-Mogg's interview that enough letters had been sent to the chairman of the Conservative lawmakers' 1922 committee, Graham Brady, to trigger a vote of no confidence in May's leadership.
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The deeply divided Parliament had been wrangling for months over how to replace Valeriu Strelet, who lost a vote of no confidence and was forced to resign as prime minister in October after three months in office.
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The ANC said on Thursday that it was "erroneous" to conclude that the state-owned companies were beset by corporate governance problems, but the main opposition party called Futuregrowth's decision a vote of no confidence in Zuma.
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In April, members of the faculty senate passed a vote of no confidence in Frederick's leadership, for, according to the chair at the time, "ineffective fund-raising" and a failure to incorporate faculty perspectives in decision-making.
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Both major political parties are in turmoil after the vote, with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn likely to face a direct challenge for his job from colleagues after losing a vote of no-confidence in his leadership.
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"There was no vote of no confidence in that meeting ... There was a call for the president to step down, and that call ultimately was not acceded to after persuasion among comrades in the meeting," Mantashe said.
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A second union representing law enforcement deputies said they would support Broward Co. Sheriff Scott Israel after the country's largest union representing deputies called for a vote of no confidence against the sheriff, WPLG Local 10 reported.
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A second rejection, by another major party, would have amounted to "a vote of no confidence," said Henrik Enderlein, a professor of political economy at the Hertie School and director of the Jacques Delors Institute in Berlin.
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"Strong risk aversion ahead of the weekly close is a clear vote of no confidence in the markets, which doesn't bode well for the coming weeks," Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA, said in a note.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party will not propose a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government while they think Johnson could use it to execute a no-deal Brexit, a Labour source said.
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But, as professor of legal theory Margarida Lacombe explains, the role that the pedaladas fiscais played in the impeachment proceedings was largely ceremonial, providing nothing more than a pretext for an extra-constitutional vote of no confidence.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's pro-European Union Liberal Democrats said on Monday his party would support a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May if one were called by the opposition Labour Party.
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The bank was already facing a potential rocky ride at this year's gathering after two advisory groups to shareholders - Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis - urged them to issue a vote of no confidence in management.
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"We are offering a fail safe procedure in order to stop no deal, and that is by a vote of no confidence in the government, a temporary government to set up a general election," Gardiner told Sky News.
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TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas lost a parliamentary vote of no confidence vote on Wednesday after his junior coalition partners deserted him, possibly opening up the path for a traditionally pro-Russian party to gain power.
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However, Conservative rebels who say the deal will leave Britain in indefinite subjugation to the EU, in part through a continued customs union of uncertain duration, are attempting to trigger a vote of no confidence in her leadership.
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"We wouldn't support a Labour vote of no confidence in the government in the circumstances where the Withdrawal Agreement has been defeated, it would be illogical," Nigel Dodds, deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party told Sky News.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the hard-Brexiteers, who boasted that he would engineer a vote of no confidence in Theresa May only to discover that he had barely half the support he needed, is a powerful contender.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit supporters in Theresa May's party will "likely" call for a vote of no confidence in her as their leader on Thursday, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said, citing a senior member of the Conservative Party.
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May, who faces a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party on Wednesday, said any new leader would have to extend or cancel the March 29 deadline for Britain's exit from the European Union.
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Saunders said that on Saturday morning the commission had taken a near-unanimous vote of no-confidence against him, accusing him of being hard to work with and a "campaigner", and of talking too much to the media.
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Jeremy Corbyn, the veteran socialist leader of the Labour Party, said lawmakers should support a vote of no confidence and back him to lead a "strictly time-limited temporary government" that would postpone Brexit and hold an election.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Monday that a vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson was a possibility and that it was talking to other parties in parliament on options.
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Sirisena had attempted to prevent a vote of no-confidence by dissolving Parliament until December 7, however, on Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned the president's controversial decision and ordered an interim order, paving the way for fresh elections.
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The opposition, meanwhile, has been pushing for a vote of no confidence, potentially opening a window of opportunity for the Pirate Party, an anti-establishment group that has been tapping into the widespread discontent with the status quo.
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But should calls for a second Brexit referendum or a general election gain traction, or if Parliament chooses to block plans or call a vote of no confidence, it's possible Brexit will be further delayed or even canceled.
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Labour lawmakers, dismayed at what they saw as his lackluster performance during the referendum campaign have passed a vote of no confidence in him and two of them have declared they will challenge him for the party leadership.
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LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition parties said on Tuesday they had agreed to work together to try and prevent a no-deal Brexit, including through passing legislation or holding a vote of no-confidence in the government.
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Luciana Berger, who represents Liverpool Wavertree, has been a vocal critic of Mr. Corbyn's handling of anti-Semitism allegations, and was threatened with a vote of no-confidence by local party activists, a motion that was eventually withdrawn.
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has come under pressure from some of his own lawmakers to press for a vote of no confidence this week after May delayed a vote on her Brexit agreement with the European Union.
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Last week, the risk of a rebuke from shareholders at the annual meeting grew after two influential investor advisory groups - Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis - urged them to issue a vote of no confidence in Deutsche Bank's management.
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Some of the most likely options include: May's vote securing parliamentary approval, no-deal Brexit, a major renegotiation to a new Brexit deal, calls for a general election, a vote of no confidence in the government or another referendum.
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The act allows for an earlier election to be called, but makes it harder than in the past by requiring either the support of two-thirds of MPs or a (somewhat artificial) vote of no confidence in the government.
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Chahed, who was named prime minister after his predecessor was ousted by lawmakers in a vote of no confidence last month, has been in talks with ruling parties, Nidaa Tounes and Islamists Ennahda, over cabinet posts in the government.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Thursday faced a wave of labor strikes and festering street protests even as his government survived a vote of no-confidence over plans to deregulate the labor market without a parliamentary vote.
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For instance, the most recent major development was lead occupier Ammon Bundy turning away assistance from yet another militia that had showed up hoping to mediate some kind of resolution—itself a vote of no confidence from his peers.
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The merits of the case against her concerning budgetary violations were almost irrelevant: She called her ouster a bloodless coup, but it was also a vote of no-confidence in a country that lacks a legal provision for that.
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The opposition Labour party said it would call a vote of no-confidence in Johnson's government as soon as it believes it can win it and seek to form a temporary government under leader Jeremy Corbyn to delay Brexit.
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Earlier in the day, the lower house of parliament rejected a vote of no confidence in the government, submitted by the opposition, and the visibly changed Szydlo was awarded with an enthusiastic round applause and flowers from her party.
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Odinga told CNN on Friday that the low turnout amounted to a "vote of no confidence" for Kenyatta and his administration, adding that the opposition would pursue all legal avenues available to put the government under pressure going forward.
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Corbyn's letter came amid speculation that members of Parliament could stage a vote of no confidence in Johnson before October 31 to try to stop a no-deal Brexit — a vote that, if successful, would trigger a general election.
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After parliament voted 432-202 against her deal, the worst defeat in modern British history, opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn promptly called a vote of no confidence in May's government, to be held at 1900 GMT on Wednesday.
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On Friday, those tensions hit another high point when lawmakers held a vote of no confidence seeking to end Mr. Babis's government, the second time they have done so since he came to power more than a year ago.
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Pedro Sánchez took over as prime minister from Mariano Rajoy after winning a vote of no confidence in Parliament that was prompted by Mr. Rajoy's party's becoming the first political force to be convicted of operating a slush fund.
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After a court ruling found that Mr. Rajoy's party had benefited from a slush fund, Mr. Sánchez orchestrated a parliamentary revolt, winning the backing of a majority of lawmakers to oust Mr. Rajoy through a vote of no confidence.
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ANC officials admitted they had no idea whether Zuma would bow to the their recall demand -- which has no constitutional effect -- or cling on to power and face a vote of no confidence in parliament organized by opposition parties.
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet ministers comfortably survived a vote of no confidence in parliament on Friday, a week after a court ban on 11 opposition lawmakers increased the ruling coalition's parliamentary majority.
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Earlier this month, the union representing editorial workers of G/O Media delivered a vote of no-confidence in the company's CEO, Jim Spenfeller, and has asked the company's owners, private equity firm Great Hill Partners, to remove him.
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Vizcarra said the last straw was Congress' appointment of a new justice to the Constitutional Tribunal (TC) on Monday, which he said counted as a second vote of no-confidence and thus grounds for a constitutional dissolution of Congress.
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James Madison opposed such vague criteria over fear that they would turn the republic into something of a British parliamentary system in which Congress could remove a president over merely political differences with, effectively, a vote of no confidence.
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He has repeatedly refused to do that, but with parliament now sitting for longer, it has more opportunities to bring a vote of no-confidence in his government, a step that could thrust the United Kingdom toward an election.
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He has repeatedly refused to do that, but with parliament now sitting for longer, it has more opportunities to bring a vote of no-confidence in his government, a step that could thrust the United Kingdom towards an election.
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LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will invite opposition parties on Wednesday to call a vote of no-confidence in his government, the Press and Journal reported, citing extracts of a speech Johnson will make later.
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LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party will not propose a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government while they think Johnson could use it to execute a no-deal Brexit, a Labour source said.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech minority government led by the populist ANO party on Thursday survived a vote of no confidence in parliament after public protests against Prime Minister Andrej Babis, but the cabinet's fate was still in the balance.
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Protesters took to the streets Friday, as opposition from all sides grows by the day, with a staggering 70 percent of South Africans saying the president should resign and a parliamentary vote of no confidence scheduled for April 18.
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Another paper, Tagesspiegel, was more sniffy about her credentials, opining that Trump's dependence on family members - also including her husband Jared Kushner, a chief presidential adviser - was like a "vote of no confidence" in everyone else he was surrounded by.
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U.K. Labour party Chairman Ian Lavery told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick Wednesday that a General Election was the natural next step for Labour and he argued that Wednesday's vote of no confidence in the government was not necessarily doomed to founder.
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Under 2011 legislation, a vote of no-confidence triggers a 14-day period during which Johnson can either regain the confidence of parliament by winning a vote, or rivals can pitch their own government and try to secure majority backing.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Enough letters have been submitted by Conservative lawmakers to trigger a vote of no confidence in British Prime Minister Theresa May's leadership, the BBC reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources who believe the tally of 48 has been reached.
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She has already survived a vote of no confidence from within her own party last December (and technically another vote cannot be held within 12 months) but she could be forced to go if there is a dramatic revolt against her.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Hardline eurosceptics in British Prime Minister Theresa May's party are threatening a vote of no confidence in her leadership within the next couple of weeks, unless she drops her "Chequers" plans for Brexit, the Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday.
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The long brewing suspicions that the Fed could no longer deliver stable prices in a growing economy have led to a sharply steepening yield curve — an event that always reflects a resounding vote of no confidence in the monetary policy.
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"For now, the vote of no-confidence means that 32-year-old Kurz could go down in Austria's history books not just as its youngest ever chancellor, but also the one who lasted the shortest time in office," per the Guardian.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven easily survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence brought on Friday by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats over a botched IT outsourcing project that may have led to the leak of sensitive information.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold an election in the days following Brexit if lawmakers sink his government with a vote of no-confidence, the FT reported on Thursday, citing unidentified senior aides to the prime minister.
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ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko resigned on Wednesday and said his HDZ party, the biggest in the ruling center-right coalition, aimed to form a new government after a scheduled vote of no-confidence set for Thursday.
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The Tory grandees Ken Clarke and Dominic Grieve have even said they would vote with the opposition Labour Party in a vote of no confidence against the prime minister, which — if successful — would collapse the government and precipitate a general election.
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The opposition leader's letter comes amid speculation that MPs could stage a vote of no-confidence in Johnson before October 31 as a means of trying to stop a no-deal Brexit, which would trigger a general election if successful.
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Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras survived a vote of no confidence in his government on Wednesday, clearing a major hurdle for Greece's approval of an accord to end a dispute over Macedonia's name, and averting the prospect of a snap election.
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He is also prepared to go ahead with a no-deal Brexit, even if MPs pass a vote of no-confidence in him beforehand, and hold a general election once the UK has left the UK, according to recent reports.
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LONDON (Reuters) - News of a vote of no confidence against Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday pushed the cost of insuring UK government debt against default to its highest since the country's 2016 vote to leave the European Union.
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Others have warned more time may be needed to reach an agreement with the EU and that parliament, which opposes a 'no deal', would try and block it, possibly by trying to collapse the government in a vote of no confidence.
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The Broward Sheriff's Office Deputies Association — which represents a majority of the county's 2,560 certified deputies — called for the vote of no confidence against Israel for his handling of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in February that left 17 people dead.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Former Brexit minister David Davis said he would listen to a speech by Prime Minister Theresa May to a meeting of her lawmakers later on Wednesday before declaring whether he will support her in a vote of no confidence.
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Cover image: Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street on her way to Prime Minister's Questions, after it was announced that she will face a vote of no confidence, to take place tonight, on December 12, 2018 in London, England.
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LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The finance chief of Britain's main opposition Labour Party said they are still open to calling a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government and would welcome the chance of a general election.
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"Unlike the situation in Italy, the crisis of the Rajoy government and the vote of no confidence are not about the European Union or the euro," said Bonnie N. Field, a professor of global studies at Bentley University in Massachusetts.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has sidelined the minister responsible for financial services from addressing the impact on the sector of leaving the EU, a shakeup that a senior bank executive called a "vote of no confidence" in the industry's main government contact.
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Paul Krugman If America had a parliamentary system, Donald Trump — who spent his first full day in office having a temper tantrum, railing against accurate reports of small crowds at his inauguration — would already be facing a vote of no confidence.
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The right-wing United Kingdom Independence Party voted 867 to 500 to oust its leader, Henry Bolton, in a vote of no-confidence on Saturday, making him the fourth party leader to step down in the space of 18 months.
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A government source said Downing Street would not allow time in parliament for "a stunt" and if Labour was serious it should attempt a full vote of no confidence in the government, which would bring it down if backed by parliament.
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Zavala has been doubling as the country's finance minister since last week when the opposition-controlled Congress ousted previous Finance Minister Alfredo Thorne with a vote of no-confidence over accusations that he tried to pressure the comptroller to approve a controversial contract.
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The opposition Labour Party, which called for an immediate election after May's announcement, said it would seek a vote of no confidence in the government if it looked like it might pass, while it has also not ruled out backing a second referendum.
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But the market reaction on Thursday, which saw investors take off bets on further rate cuts this year, represented a vote of no confidence even if it was partially reversed on Friday, when bond yields and the euro fell and stocks rebounded.
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"While Corbyn may try his luck with another vote of no confidence in the government soon, we would not expect him to have any more success a second time around," Kallum Pickering, senior economist at Berenberg Bank, said in a research note.
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His previous term ended in a vote of no confidence in 2017 in response to allegations, which he denied, that he had received a kickback from Huawei for a contract to lay a high-speed internet cable from the Solomon Islands to Sydney.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May, who faces a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party on Wednesday, said any new leader would have to extend the March 29 deadline for Britain's exit from the European Union.
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The right finished first in Austria, where right-wing Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's party managed a substantial first-place finish even after a widely-publicized scandal, but Kurz's government did not survive a vote of no confidence in the Austrian Parliament on Monday.
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LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Former Brexit minister David Davis said he would listen to a speech by Prime Minister Theresa May to a meeting of her lawmakers later on Wednesday before declaring whether he will support her in a vote of no confidence.
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LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Enough letters have been submitted by Conservative lawmakers to trigger a vote of no confidence in British Prime Minister Theresa May's leadership, the BBC reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources who believe the tally of 48 has been reached.
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The Times said the main opposition Labour Party was seeking an alliance with rebel Conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party, the small Northern Irish party which props up May's minority government, to call a vote of no-confidence in the prime minister.
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The walls are closing in around South African President Jacob Zuma, who is refusing calls from his own party to resign and is now expected to face, and lose, a vote of no confidence on Thursday if he doesn't step down before then.
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Mr. Bloomberg's flirtation with running is part of a larger backlash to Senator Elizabeth Warren's continuing strength in the race — and a vote of no confidence in former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s ability to unite moderate Democrats against her.
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"Clearly, it's a sign of a vote of no confidence in Kirby," said one senior bank executive, one of several industry figures who discussed the change in roles on condition of anonymity to avoid taking sides publicly in a political personnel matter.
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His government survived a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly Thursday evening, two days after it resorted to a little-used power to force through the sharply contested labor law over opposition from some Socialists and others on the left.
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The cabinet shuffle follows an overwhelming vote of no-confidence that the opposition-controlled Congress delivered to outgoing Finance Minister Alfredo Thorne on Wednesday after an audio recording surfaced in which he appeared to pressure the comptroller to approve a controversial project.
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Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank's Chairman Paul Achleitner, who has presided over countless strategy changes and has picked as many as four chief execs in his six years at the helm, faces a vote of no confidence at an AGM (annual general meeting) Thursday.
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The deputy prime minister's removal sparks a by-election, to be held on December 2, endangering Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's one-seat parliamentary majority and putting it at risk of an opposition-led vote of no confidence, which could spark a general election.
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The opposition Labour Party is likely to test his ability to govern by calling a vote of no confidence in the 650-seat parliament - although that is not expected to happen before the summer break starts at the end of Thursday's business.
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And it's not just the Tories facing fractiousness within their ranks: The Labor party passed a non-binding vote of no confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn, following a flurry of resignations from the shadow cabinet in the days after the Brexit vote.
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The second scenario is the government wins the vote of no-confidence motion or the MPs refuses to vote in favor of early elections but the government still resigns, in this case, the opposition would probably seek to re-form a government.
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Then, when Mr. Rajoy's conservative Popular Party was tarnished by corruption — a court last week found the party guilty of operating a slush fund — he pounced, assembling parliamentary backing for a vote of no confidence in Mr. Rajoy, which passed on Friday.
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The move limits the time Johnson's opponents have to prevent the UK from exiting the European Union without a divorce deal on October 31 and also increases the chances he will face a vote of no confidence and possibly a general election.
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"If Boris Johnson were to frustrate or ignore this law, then expect a vote of no confidence later down the line or even Boris declaring the need for an election himself," Jordan Rochester, currency analyst at Nomura, said in a research note.
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Ten Kuwaiti lawmakers filed a motion last week to hold a vote of no-confidence in the minister after questioning him over the country's 15-month international sports ban - a sign of political tensions that could ultimately slow the government's economic development plans.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Three cabinet ministers removed by President Jacob Zuma in a reshuffle last week quit as lawmakers of his African National Congress on Thursday ahead of a vote of no-confidence in him that the ANC has said it will defeat.
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The move by the government was in line with demands made by the opposition Moderates and Christian Democrats, who had threatened to join forces with the Sweden Democrats and Left Party in a vote of no confidence in Labor Market Minister Eva Nordmark.
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Northern Irish party that British Prime Minister Theresa May's government relies on for support said on Thursday it would consider supporting a vote of no-confidence if May agrees to EU checks on goods entering the region in Brexit talks.
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Zuma, who was also told by the Constitutional Court to repay some money related to upgrades to his home this year, now faces a vote of no-confidence from his own party with at least three of his cabinet ministers turning against him.
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Waving his arms and yelling "come on, come on then" to a raucous House of Commons, Johnson told his opponents they could bring a vote of no-confidence in the government on Thursday and trigger an election to finally break the Brexit impasse.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The 48 letters from Conservative lawmakers required to trigger a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May have been submitted, the editor of BrexitCentral said on Friday, citing a single source who he said was always previously reliable.
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Presently, the range of potential outcomes include: a May resignation, a vote of no confidence in the government, a general election, a second referendum on EU membership, a temporary stop on Britain's withdrawal, or possibly even some sort of combination of all the above.
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LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The 48 letters from Conservative lawmakers required to trigger a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May have been submitted, the editor of BrexitCentral said on Friday, citing a single source who he said was always previously reliable.
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LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May, who faces a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party on Wednesday, said any new leader would have to extend the March 29 deadline for Britain's exit from the European Union.
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Sanchez's socialist party relied on votes from Catalan secessionists and the anti-austerity party Podemos to win a vote of no-confidence it tabled in June 2018 against the then PP-led government of Mariano Rajoy that had been wracked with a corruption scandal.
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The meeting, which is currently underway, comes hours after the ANC-allied South African Communist Party said it objected to a plan by Zuma to sack Gordhan, while the main opposition said it would call a vote of no-confidence in Zuma over the matter.
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Two of three parties governing the small Baltic nation of 1.3 million have broken off their coalition agreement — little more than a year after it was put in place — leaving Prime Minister Taavi Roivas exposed to a vote of no confidence in the country's Parliament.
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LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party has vowed to call a vote of no-confidence in Boris Johnson's government as soon as it believes it can win it and seeks to form a temporary government under leader Jeremy Corbyn to delay Brexit.
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Nigel Dodds, deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, said he would not back the deal, but his party's aim to get it renegotiated meant it could also not support any move by Labour to call a vote of no confidence in the government.
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The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) have remained defiantly opposed to his leadership since they held a vote of no confidence in July and TheSunday Times reported some rebels are planning to form a "party within a party" if Mr Corbyn prevails on 24 September.
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The suspension of UK parliament, which had to be approved by Queen Elizabeth, limits the time opponents have to derail a disorderly Brexit, but also increases the chance that Johnson could face a vote of no-confidence in his government, and possibly an election.
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The two most critical changes, he said, would be to award the position of prime minister in future elections to the leader of whichever party receives the most votes, and to prevent the dissolution of Parliament by a simple-majority vote of no confidence.
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Laura McCabe, the president of the faculty steering committee, announced at Wednesday's board meeting that the Faculty Senate would call for a vote of no confidence in the board, which would result in asking the entire board to resign, according to The Washington Post.
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BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - A spokesman for Britain's main opposition Labour Party declined to comment on Tuesday when asked if the party would move a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson after the Supreme Court ruled his suspension of parliament was unlawful.
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In San Antonio, Republican leaders in Mr. Straus's home county, Bexar, passed a resolution in recent days calling for "a change in leadership in the Texas House speakership," the first time the local Republican Party has given Mr. Straus a vote of no confidence.
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Eurosceptics in May's Conservative Party have been submitting letters calling for a vote of no confidence in their leader, saying the exit deal she has tentatively agreed leaves Britain tied to the EU indefinitely and betrays a 2016 referendum vote to quit the bloc.
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The pope's 17-member commission presented fresh evidence of this failing when one of its two abuse-victim members, who had gone to the news media to criticize the slow pace of its work, was suddenly suspended on Saturday in a commission vote of no confidence.
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"I'm strongly of the view that the government would win a vote of no confidence, I don't see Jeremy Corbyn being able to come together with the numbers, nor do I see any prospect of him leading a so called national unity government," Kwarteng told Sky News.
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The Temple University board of trustees issued a vote of no confidence in the school's president, Neil D. Theobald, and plans to seek his removal in connection with a $22 million deficit in the university's financial aid budget, the board chairman said in a statement on Tuesday.
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But Dominic Cummings, the most senior aide in Downing Street, has reportedly warned that Johnson would simply refuse to resign during the 14 days following a vote of no confidence, allow the UK to crash out of the EU, and then call for a general election.
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But Dominic Cummings, the most senior aide in Downing Street, has reportedly warned that Johnson will simply refuse to resign during the 14-day period following a vote of no-confidence, allow the UK to crash out of the EU, and then call a general election.
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In the latest in a series of extraordinary moments for his party, leaders of the African National Congress, which had long steadfastly stood behind Mr. Zuma, said Wednesday that they would move to remove him as president through a vote of no confidence on Thursday afternoon.
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Maddy Thimont Jack, an analyst at the Institute for Government, a research group based in London, said that Parliament had no clear legal means to block a prime minister intent on leaving without a deal, short of bringing down the government with a vote of no confidence.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Left Party said on Thursday it will call a vote of no-confidence in Employment Minister Eva Nordmark in a move that could derail the deal between the ruling center-left coalition and two center-right parties that keeps the government in power.
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Hague said to hold a vote, May would need to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act which means there can only be an election every five years unless two-thirds of lawmakers vote agree to a poll or the government loses a vote of no confidence.
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BRIGHTON, England, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A spokesman for Britain's main opposition Labour Party declined to comment on Tuesday when asked if the party would move a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson after the Supreme Court ruled his suspension of parliament was unlawful.
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In the end, Mr. Sánchez formed unwieldy alliances, including with Basque and Catalan nationalist parties, to oust Mariano Rajoy, the conservative prime minister, in a parliamentary vote of no-confidence and form his own Socialist government with only about a quarter of the seats in Parliament.
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In recent months he has hedged a bit, and analysts of Italian politics think that if the margin of loss on the referendum is slim enough, his party could decide that it doesn't amount to a strong vote of no-confidence, and choose to keep him in power.
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Bezenjo's ascent to power follows weeks of political infighting which saw provincial lawmakers from the ruling PML-N party rebel to help the opposition call for a vote of no confidence in PML-N's Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, prompting him to resign in a bitter blow to his party.
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Party leaders did not address how they would respond if Mr. Zuma did not step down, but the A.N.C. would almost certainly have to remove him through a vote of no confidence in Parliament if he refuses to meet their demand, an option that it would like to avoid.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers in the ruling Conservative party banged on tables in a show of support as Prime Minister Theresa May arrived to address them on Wednesday at a closed meeting before a vote of no confidence in her that is due to start at 1800 GMT.
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LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence in Parliament on Wednesday, but that did little to quell the turmoil gripping the British government over her plan to leave the European Union, coming a day after she suffered a historic defeat on that proposal.
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But instead, after a bruising primary campaign that was, if nothing else, a massive and deserved vote of no confidence in the GOP establishment by its own voters, he's chosen to replicate the failed policy dynamic of his Republican predecessors without replicating their respect for the norms and traditions of office.
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"We've made clear it's a question of when not if we do a vote of no confidence in the government, and obviously we do (it) at a time when their confidence is the lowest ever, which I suspect will be after they've lost the vote", Corbyn told the newspaper ind.
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" In an open letter to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn following the unsuccessful vote of no confidence which he called, and which the other opposition parties had supported, the party leaders said they were writing to "implore" him to now support their calls for "a People's Vote on the final Brexit deal.
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Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Theresa May's government won a vote of no confidence on Wednesday, with 325 votes versus 306, meaning that May will now press ahead to find a consensus over how to proceed with Britain's departure from the European Union, after her proposed deal was rejected by parliament.
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LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - British lawmakers in the ruling Conservative party banged on tables in a show of support as Prime Minister Theresa May arrived to address them on Wednesday at a closed meeting before a vote of no confidence in her that is due to start at 1800 GMT.
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"Once you resist we are going to let you be thrown out through the vote of no confidence because you disrespect the organization and you disobey it, therefore we are going to let you be devoured by the vultures," Mantashe said in a message to Zuma, according to the Independent.
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Having already called for Corbyn to step down in the aftermath of the Brexit vote and a vote of no-confidence by his own party, deputy leader Tom Watson has now sent an open letter to Corbyn warning of instances of "entryism" by "Trotskyist" sects within the pro-Corbyn movement, Momentum.
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Whatever Brexit deal May reaches in November with Brussels negotiators, if there is a deal at all, it is likely to be opposed by the Labour Party in parliament, making a vote of no confidence, and subsequently another election or a second referendum on EU withdrawal, all the more likely.
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The vote of no confidence is an attempt by Corbyn to trigger a new General Election which would allow him a chance at seizing power as the next leader of the U.K. Under the Fixed Term Parliament Act of 2011, Parliament's fixed five-year term can only be shortened in two ways.
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The currency had tumbled on concerns about the vote of no confidence in the prime minister but traders bet she would survive after a number of colleagues backed her, isolating rivals who want a clean, sudden break from the EU. Sterling was last trading at $1.2645, up 1.29 percent on the day.
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Another notable change would eliminate the ability of one member to essentially force a vote of no confidence in the speaker, a threat that has allowed the House Freedom Caucus, a group of ultraconservative Republicans, to handcuff the speaker, and ultimately led to the resignation of Speaker John A. Boehner in 2015.
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In forcing early elections and the potential fall of the Sánchez government, which came to power in June following a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of the conservative Popular Party, the Catalan separatists appear willing to forfeit the best chance they have had in decades to advance Catalan autonomy.
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"With ... one of its most vocal supporters selling its stake near the low for the past 10 years, we see this as a vote of no confidence for the stock and that things are continuing to go from bad to worse for Valeant," said Wells Fargo analyst David Maris, who rates the stock an underperform.
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They've tried everything—quitting the front bench en masse, holding a devastating vote of no confidence, shyly suggesting alternatives—but he still won't resign, and unless he resigns they'll have to face the fact that 50 to 60 percent of the membership still backs him, and he's almost certain to win any new leadership vote.
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Manuel Valls, the centre-left prime minister, keen to show that he would not cede to his party's left, decided instead to push the bill through the National Assembly with an express procedure—without a vote on the law itself but subject to a vote of no-confidence in the government as a whole.
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On Friday, the main Socialist opposition party presented a parliamentary motion to hold a vote of no-confidence to oust Mr. Rajoy, a day after his party's former treasurer, Luis Bárcenas, was sentenced to 33 years in prison and fined 44 million euros (about $51.3 million) for benefiting from a kickbacks-for-contracts scheme.
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The announcement of the agreement on Tuesday prompted the main conservative opposition party in Greece, New Democracy, to call for a vote of no-confidence against the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, plunging Parliament into an acrimonious debate that forced Mr. Tsipras on Friday to abandon plans to brief lawmakers on the naming deal.
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"The fact that so many members of his own party were willing to join the Democrats in what amounts to a vote of no-confidence on this aspect of his foreign policy is a major political blow to the president," Scott Anderson, a former State Department official focusing on the Middle East, told me.
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London (CNN)Theresa May's so-called "survival" of the vote of no confidence this week, by 200 votes to 117, offered a rare moment of clarity amid the chaos that passes for Britain's shambolic exit from the EU. But it's unclear whether either she or the EU recognized it, or are ready to grasp what it means.
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One Conservative lawmaker, Julian Lewis, described her deal with Europe as "a 'Hotel California' Brexit deal which ensures that we can never truly leave the E.U." Mr. Rees-Mogg, the Conservative Brexit hard-liner, said that the prime minister's promises and actions "no longer match," and asked why he should not join those demanding a vote of no confidence.
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The prime minister's office is reportedly weighing a host of extreme measures to stop Parliament from stopping Brexit: packing the House of Lords with Brexiteer peers to vote down bills, advising Elizabeth II to veto legislation for the first time since 1708, and even possibly refusing to step down if he loses a vote of no confidence.
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There are two main laws that could direct parliament's course of action, he added: Either they vote Abdul-Mahdi out in a vote of no-confidence, per Article 61 of the constitution, or resort to Article 81 reserved for times of crisis when there is a vacancy in the premiership, shifting those duties temporarily to the president.
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"The vote of no confidence by the Republican caucus sends a clear message; it is time for the Speaker to heed the advice of the majority of his fellow legislators and step down from his position of leadership and allow someone else to begin the process of restoring the trust of all Tennesseans," party chairman Scott Golden said in a statement Monday.
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The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) - the second largest opposition party, is considering to initiate vote of no confidence for the failure of the government in its foreign policy (Trud, 24 Chasa, Standart) — Bulgarian citizens completed a total of 281,360 trips abroad in February, a 9.8 percent increase compared to the same month in 2015, the stastistic office said.
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If May is unable to win a vote on the Queen's speech next Thursday it would be taken as a vote of no confidence and likely end her attempt to form a government to lead the country through two years of arduous negotiations on leaving the EU. Asked about the DUP comments, a Conservative source said the talks were still taking place.
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" DOMINIC GRIEVE, PRO-EUROPEAN CONSERVATIVE LAWMAKER "I think (a no-confidence vote) is more likely, because if it is impossible to prevent prorogation, then I think it's going to be very difficult for people like myself to keep confidence in the government, and I could well see why the leader of the opposition might wish to table a motion for a vote of no-confidence.
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"It would be better for the rebels to force Johnson cap in hand to go the EU Council (meeting) on 17 October to ask for an extension first, or to let him refuse before toppling him in a vote of no-confidence — that would give rebel MPs, if they can organize, control over the election timetable," Kallum Pickering, senior economist at Berenberg Bank, said in a note Monday.
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Vlad Lupan, who served as Moldova's ambassador to the UN from 2012 until he was asked to leave in June 2017, told BuzzFeed News that he was the subject of years of attacks by Russia through diplomatic channels and others means, including a fake news campaign in 2014 that contributed to a vote of no confidence in Parliament against the ruling coalition in Moldova, a country that has long wrestled with Russian influence.
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Discussion can make narrow minds narrower and fevered minds more feverish: this week Sir Christopher Chope, another arch-Brexiteer, even told the House that, if Jeremy Corbyn were to bring a vote of no confidence in the government, he would consider voting in favour, a move that might bring about the collapse of his own government and lead to the election of the most left-wing prime minister the country has ever had. Madness!
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Third, you can call this one a bond market "I told you so" argument: A vote of no confidence in promises of (a) tax cuts, (b) a tax-induced manufacturing boom (including repatriation of outsourced production capacities), (c) massive infrastructure investments, (d) foreign trade changes to level the playing field for exporters and import-competing industries and (e) a slew of structural reforms to make America's markets more productive and competitive on a world scale.
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