| He is a centralist who makes clear to his Labour ministers that he is the boss. |
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| This last point was directed against all those who question the present constitution as Spanish centralist and monarchist. |
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| He is a city-dweller, a Whitehall centralist, a natural meddler, an interventionist at home and abroad. |
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| The Bloc always has been and always will be unable to put an end to the centralist and paternalistic designs of the federal Liberals. |
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| I trust that, some day, the old guard of blinkered centralist leaders will be replaced by new reformist elements. |
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| At the end of the 20th century the idea of a unitarist and centralist state died together with Communist rule, while the option of a confederation too was rejected. |
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| Following the defeat of the Spanish, centralist and federationist groups waged a lengthy conflict between themselves to determine the future of the nation. |
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| It is politically unlikely that the ANC will move away from centralist thinking. |
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| While not seeking to impose a democratic centralist gagging order on Maginnis, Nesbitt has already sought to distance his party from the remarks. |
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| Drawn up in the late 1970s in reaction against 40 years of centralist dictatorship, it already devolves wide powers to the country's 17 regions. |
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| But Galicia is a warning for any politicians who still hanker after a centralist state: they have lost. |
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| The rapporteur has departed from the principle of subsidiarity out of a sheer desire to adopt centralist solutions. |
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| Their biggest problem was the Commission's centralist working methods and the unduly long time it therefore took to deal with matters. |
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| We know that the federal government has a tendency to be extremely centralist and to impose blanket conditions on all provinces. |
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| Even opponents of centralist and interfering EU legislation, such as myself, believe this to be a useful form of consumer protection. |
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| Saddam Hussein prohibited the sharing of political power because this was a threat to his centralist control. |
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| We are fulfilling our duty in defending our communities against the repeated assaults of this centralist government. |
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| This is a democratic vision of regional development that has nothing to do with the centralist vision of the Liberal government in Ottawa. |
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| It is intent above all on imposing the will of a more right-wing and centralist state. |
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| The following point is important: a centralist approach is of no help when we are trying to mitigate the effects of a disaster at local level. |
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| As I said earlier, we cannot accept this centralist and big brother vision. |
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| But we know that in the past it was always a very centralist party and it still is on some issues. |
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| Algeria is too vast a country to be run by a centralist government, and no new leaders have emerged who could ensure a guided transition. |
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| In 1819 Buenos Aires enacted a centralist constitution that was soon abrogated by federalists. |
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| It has always introduced centralist measures. |
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| He can rest easy: more than ever, our government is committed to fighting these tax hikes and his centralist fervour and giving Harvard University a gift. |
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| In 1826 Buenos Aires enacted another centralist constitution, with Bernardino Rivadavia being appointed as the first president of the country. |
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| The Federal War ended in 1863 with the signing of the Treaty of Coche by both the centralist government of the time and the Federal Forces. |
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| Mr. Guy André: In any event, they have the same centralist positions. |
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| Its 1868 campaign strategy was centralist, authoritarian and childishly simple. |
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| The second was the centralist view proposed by the Isabelline model of the nation. |
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| Otherwise, it would respect our authority and would not dare try to impose its centralist vision on us with this pan-Canadian securities commission. |
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| Apart from any bias in the way the federal government makes its appointments, barristers from Sydney would always be more likely to have a centralist focus than would barristers from the more far-flung states. |
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| Not the old socialism of command economy and centralist state. |
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| Does he not find it inappropriate that this federal government decided to include the creation of a centralist approach to securities regulation in a budget implementation bill? |
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| Both within EU Member States and beyond the EU, the only viewpoint put forward is that of a single centralist approach to the building of Europe's common future. |
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| The decisive levels at which we can be competitive are increasingly located at the local, regional and provincial levels, all of which does not fit Ottawa's centralist mould. |
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| Our defence against the charge of centralist interference is that it is clearly laid down what we are competent to do and what we are not competent to do. |
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| What is more, how can we accept this intention when we know there has been consensus for a long time and there still is consensus in Quebec against this truly centralist idea of the Minister of Finance. |
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| However, Labour has proved to be the most centralist party in Wales. |
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| The rule of Philip II of Spain sought even further centralist reforms, which, accompanied by religious dictates and excessive taxation, resulted in the Dutch Revolt. |
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| A centralist mindset prevalent in politics, civil society, media and donors is the biggest threat to the federalism, provincial autonomy and devolution in the country. |
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| I think we ought to be thinking about devolving power closer to the people rather than a more nationalist form of devolution to Cardiff Bay, which is actually centralist. |
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| Unfortunately, the results of the 1828 election were cast aside in a Centralist coup d'etat led by Anastasio Bustamante. |
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