1595 résultats pour "élection"

• Slovenia - country.

  Democratic Party of Slovenia, the Christian Democratic Party, United List, the Slovenian National Party, the Democratic Party of Slovenia, and Greens of Slovenia. Slovenia has eight trial courts, four appellate courts, and a Supreme Court. The Assembly appoints all judges, including the justices of the Supreme Court. Slovenia hasan extensive network of social service programs sponsored by the government, including low-cost medical coverage and retirement pensions. Slovenia had an army of 6,550 a...

• Article de presse: Contenir la subversion en Amérique latine

  démocratie occidentale; à tout le moins, chacune représenta-t-elle un recul plus ou moins net de ce passé centre-américaincaricaturalement livré aux centurions. Au milieu de l'été 1983, M. Reagan créa une commission bi-partisane, présidée par l'ancien secrétaire d'Etat, M. HenryKissinger, et dont l'objectif était l'élaboration d'une politique à long terme envers l'Amérique centrale. En fait, cette politique étaitdéjà non seulement élaborée, mais largement engagée! Il s'agissait donc, essentie...

• Wilfrid Laurier.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

• Wilfrid Laurier - Canadian History.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

• Rassemblement pour la République [RPR] (France) (partis politiques).

  perdant 30 villes de plus de 30 000 habitants). En 1984, Jacques Toubon remplace Bernard Pons, démissionnaire, à la tête du RPR. En 1986, la coalition RPR-UDF remporteles élections législatives (42,1 p. 100 des suffrages ensemble, et 145 députés pour le RPR) après avoir fait campagne sur les thèmes du chômage et de l’insécurité. La lignelibérale de Jacques Chirac l’emporte sur celle plus interventionniste de Charles Pasqua et Philippe Séguin. Jacques Chirac est nommé Premier ministre par Françoi...

• Mexican Revolution.

  growing economic and social difficulties. Although Madero called for free and democratic elections, and a ban on reelection at all levels of government, he offered little tourban workers seeking higher wages and better working conditions, or to indigenous people seeking the restoration of their traditional lands. Madero’s intention was tolead a political rebellion, not a social revolution. Despite the political nature of the plan, it became a rallying point for poor and working-class Mexicans, m...

• mai 1995 dans le monde (histoire chronologique)

  Italie : victoire de la gauche aux élection s locales . Ci-contre : Piero Badaloni, candidat du Pani démocratique de la gauche (PDS). rcmpone l'élection provincial•! à Rome. Meles Zenawi remporte une victoire écrasante aux élections régi onale s et fédérales ; l'o ppositi on avait toutefois a ppe lé au boycott du scrutin. Italie : victoire de la gauche aux élections locales 7 Les partis de centre gau che rempor­ tent les élections provinciales et com­...

• Jean Chrétien.

  In 1969, when Chrétien introduced policy proposals based on this principle, indigenous peoples reacted with such hostility that he ultimately had to withdraw theproposals. Despite this and other clashes with indigenous leaders, Chrétien continued to work at improving the government relations with them. By the time he left theDepartment of Indian and Northern Affairs in 1974, he had earned their respect and appreciation for his efforts. Following the 1974 election, Trudeau appointed Chrétien pres...

• Jean Chrétien - Canadian History.

  In 1969, when Chrétien introduced policy proposals based on this principle, indigenous peoples reacted with such hostility that he ultimately had to withdraw theproposals. Despite this and other clashes with indigenous leaders, Chrétien continued to work at improving the government relations with them. By the time he left theDepartment of Indian and Northern Affairs in 1974, he had earned their respect and appreciation for his efforts. Following the 1974 election, Trudeau appointed Chrétien pres...

• Political Parties.

  In both Britain and the United States, competition between political parties undermined traditional conceptions of politics rooted in classical and Christian notions ofvirtue and public service. According to this tradition, political leaders should act according to a model of virtue that involved placing the common good above theinterests of a fraction of the society. Leaders acting to benefit only themselves or a narrow portion of the society were considered corrupt. However, party competitionr...

• William McKinley.

  gold standard. McKinley voted for it in exchange for support for his tariff bill. His vote angered Eastern bankers and industrialists but helped lessen Western oppositionto his stand on the tariff. D Governor of Ohio Because he was a champion of protective tariffs, as well as an extremely popular politician, McKinley attracted the attention of a Cleveland industrialist, Marcus AlonzoHanna. Hanna was eager to be the maker of a president and to be the man who exercised power behind the scenes. In...

• William McKinley

  gold standard. McKinley voted for it in exchange for support for his tariff bill. His vote angered Eastern bankers and industrialists but helped lessen Western oppositionto his stand on the tariff. D Governor of Ohio Because he was a champion of protective tariffs, as well as an extremely popular politician, McKinley attracted the attention of a Cleveland industrialist, Marcus AlonzoHanna. Hanna was eager to be the maker of a president and to be the man who exercised power behind the scenes. In...

• William Howard Taft.

  considered him an ideal successor. Because Roosevelt himself was satisfied that Taft's election would ensure that his reform programs were continued, he used hisinfluence with each state's Republican Party to get Taft the nomination. As a result, Taft became the Republican candidate on the first ballot. He was elected president in1908 with a popular vote of 7,675,320 to 6,412,294 for Nebraska editor and Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan, and an electoral vote of 321 to Bryan's 162.Alth...

• William Howard Taft

  considered him an ideal successor. Because Roosevelt himself was satisfied that Taft's election would ensure that his reform programs were continued, he used hisinfluence with each state's Republican Party to get Taft the nomination. As a result, Taft became the Republican candidate on the first ballot. He was elected president in1908 with a popular vote of 7,675,320 to 6,412,294 for Nebraska editor and Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan, and an electoral vote of 321 to Bryan's 162.Alth...

• George Bush.

  1986 it was folded into Harken Energy Corporation, another Texas petroleum company. Bush served as a consultant and a member of Harken’s board of directors. In 1987 Bush relocated his family to Washington, D.C., to assist his father in his bid to become president. He worked as a campaign adviser at his father’s nationalcampaign headquarters, serving as a liaison to the media and to conservative and Christian leaders. He was a trusted confidant of his father and mother, whosometimes dispatched Bu...

• George Bush - USA History.

  1986 it was folded into Harken Energy Corporation, another Texas petroleum company. Bush served as a consultant and a member of Harken’s board of directors. In 1987 Bush relocated his family to Washington, D.C., to assist his father in his bid to become president. He worked as a campaign adviser at his father’s nationalcampaign headquarters, serving as a liaison to the media and to conservative and Christian leaders. He was a trusted confidant of his father and mother, whosometimes dispatched Bu...

• Brian Mulroney.

  At the party convention Mulroney was one of the candidates who ran against Clark. This time Mulroney did not have to contend with a rival candidate from Québec. Healso had the support of the remnants of the Diefenbaker faction—who disliked Clark even more than they disliked Mulroney. Mulroney was also endorsed by asubstantial group of members of Parliament; this endorsement helped allay concerns about whether he could provide effective leadership in Parliament. Mulroney waselected leader of the...

• Brian Mulroney - Canadian History.

  At the party convention Mulroney was one of the candidates who ran against Clark. This time Mulroney did not have to contend with a rival candidate from Québec. Healso had the support of the remnants of the Diefenbaker faction—who disliked Clark even more than they disliked Mulroney. Mulroney was also endorsed by asubstantial group of members of Parliament; this endorsement helped allay concerns about whether he could provide effective leadership in Parliament. Mulroney waselected leader of the...

• Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901).

  homesteaders against pressure from the powerful railroads. He fought vigorously for Civil War veterans, supported high taxes on imports (called tariffs), payments todisabled and opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped Chinese immigration to the U.S. for 10 years ( see Immigration: From 1840 to 1900 ). He also introduced 101 special pension and relief bills in six years. Harrison's name was well known by the Republican National Convention in 1884. In spite of this, Congressman and forme...

• Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) - Histoire

  homesteaders against pressure from the powerful railroads. He fought vigorously for Civil War veterans, supported high taxes on imports (called tariffs), payments todisabled and opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped Chinese immigration to the U.S. for 10 years ( see Immigration: From 1840 to 1900 ). He also introduced 101 special pension and relief bills in six years. Harrison's name was well known by the Republican National Convention in 1884. In spite of this, Congressman and forme...

• Gabon - country.

  government is engaged in preservation and reforestation programs. The fish catch in 2005 was 43,941 metric tons. C Mining Mining has developed rapidly since Gabon’s independence in 1960. Annual production of extremely high-grade manganese ore, from Moanda in the southeast, was1,090,000 metric tons in 2004. The rich deposits of iron ore located at Mekambo and Bélinga in the northeast have reserves estimated at more than 500 million metrictons. Exploitation of the iron ore has been hampered by th...

• CHRONOLOGIE Octobre 1990

  JEUDI 18 Afrique du Sud. L'état d'urgence est levé au Natal, seule région où il était encore en vigueur. DIMANCHE 21 Liban. Dany Chamoun, chef de file des partisans du général Aoun, est assas­ siné à Beyrouth, ainsi que sa femme et deux de ses enfants. Malaysia. Le parti du Premier ministre Mohammed Datuk Mahathir remporte les élections législatives. LUNDI 22 CEE. Les Douze décident de lever les sanctions contre la Chine et l'Iran, et d'établir des...

• National Socialism .

  VII THE PARTY IN THE REICHSTAG The movement grew rapidly, recruiting thousands of discharged civil servants, ruined shopkeepers and small-business owners, impoverished farmers, workersdisillusioned with the Socialist and Communist parties, and a host of frustrated and embittered young people of all classes, brought up in the postwar years and withouthope of personal economic security. In the Reichstag elections of 1930 the National Socialists polled almost 6.5 million votes (more than 18 perce...

• juin 1996 dans le monde (histoire chronologique)

  relancer l'application des accords de Dayton. Dans son discours d'ouvertu­ re, Antonio Cassese, président du Tri­ bunal pénal international de La Haye, appelle la communauté internationale à faire pression sur la Serbie, la Croa­ tie et la République Srpska (l'entité serbe de Bosnie), pour que les crimi­ nels de guerre puissent être poursui­ vis, mais les participants gardent pour priorité l'organisation, dans les temps impartis, des élections prévues en...

• Article de presse: D'une prometteuse envolée jusqu'à l'aveu de divergence

  sécession, tandis que Michel Debré ne ménage plus ses critiques. Dans la majorité, l'émulation tourne à la polémique: les " petitesphrases " des dirigeants giscardiens, en particulier de Jacques Dominati, secrétaire général des RI, aigrissent les relations, au pointque Michel Poniatowski doit à plusieurs reprises témoigner de sa complète solidarité avec le premier ministre. A l'intérieur mêmedu gouvernement, la cohésion est mise à mal par certaines critiques de Jean-Pierre Fourcade et de Françoi...

• Hugo Chávez.

  VII 2006 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND AFTER Chávez easily won reelection in the 2006 presidential contest. Although opposition parties had boycotted legislative elections in 2005, they returned to the electoralprocess in 2006. Nevertheless, Chávez won handily with about 63 percent of the vote as most Venezuelans appeared to approve of the way the country’s oil wealth wasbeing distributed. Following the election, Chávez asked the National Assembly for the power to rule by decree for a period of 18...

• Grenada - country.

  Grenada is a member of the Organization of American States and the United Nations. From 1958 to 1962, it was a member of the West Indies Federation, and in theearly 1960s it participated in unsuccessful attempts to form a federation linking the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. Grenada is tied with other Caribbeancountries through membership in the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). VI HISTORY Grenada was originally inhabited by Arawak Indians, who were killed or driven away...

• Front national [FN] (partis politiques).

  électorat a eu tendance, lorsque le second tour voyait s’opposer un candidat de gauche et un de droite, à voter pour ce dernier, ne respectant plus à la lettre les consignesd’abstention données par les états-majors. À l’occasion de l’élection présidentielle de mai 2002 toutefois, Jean-Marie Le Pen, candidat du Front national, obtient 16,86 p. 100 des voix, devançant ainsi le candidatsocialiste Lionel Jospin et accédant au second tour du scrutin pour la première fois de l’histoire de son parti. B...

• Elections américaines et COVID

  The upcoming American elections will take place in the unprecedented period of the Covid19 pandemic, which won’t fail to entail major changes in the voters’ behaviors. We shall therefore first study how the pandemic could have an influence on the votes by pushing Americans to resort to mass mail-in voting, a process undermined for months now by President Trump. We will then analyze how the Covid-19 pandemic could be used as both an excuse and justification to manipulate the results of the pr...

• Cohabitation et Ve République

  de procéder à des réformes structurelles d'importance – reportées afin d'éviter les conflits –, et sur l'image et la position de la France au niveau international dans lecas d'une opposition entre les deux têtes de l'exécutif.Néanmoins, l'un des objectifs de la constitution de 1958 était de conférer un pouvoir supérieur au président de la république, même en période de cohabitation. II. Un pouvoir présidentiel maintenu à l'aide de moyens prévus par la constitution à l'égard de l'action gouvernem...

• Ronald Reagan.

  deposed shah of Iran to enter the United States for medical treatment, a group of Iranian revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehrān and held 53 Americansas hostages. United States media publicized the plight of the hostages and Carter’s failure to win their release. They were eventually released in January 1981, on theday of Reagan’s inauguration. The contrast between the television personalities of the two candidates was also very important. Carter’s stiff, nervous manner had never bee...

• Ronald Reagan - USA History.

  deposed shah of Iran to enter the United States for medical treatment, a group of Iranian revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehrān and held 53 Americansas hostages. United States media publicized the plight of the hostages and Carter’s failure to win their release. They were eventually released in January 1981, on theday of Reagan’s inauguration. The contrast between the television personalities of the two candidates was also very important. Carter’s stiff, nervous manner had never bee...

• Millard Fillmore.

  B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...

• Millard Fillmore

  B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...

• CHRONOLOGIE Octobre 1993 dans le monde (histoire chronologique)

  le Sénat un discours sur l'Europe et les relations franco-allemandes. Haïti. Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU décide de rétablir l'embargo pétrolier et militaire ainsi que le gel des avoirs à l'étranger si la junte n'a pas quitté le pouvoir le 18. lsraëVOLP. Ouverture à Taba, sur le golfe d'Aqaba, des négociations sur la mise en œuvre de l'accord israélo­ palestinien. VENDREDI 15 Afrique du Sud. Frederik De Klerk et Nelson Mandela reçoivent conjoin...

• Grover Cleveland.

  Americans, Roman Catholics, and Southerners, who all generally supported the Democratic Party. The statement lost Blaine any chance of getting the Irish Americanvote in New York City. The Mugwumps supported Cleveland because of Blaine’s political past. Even the Prohibition Party candidate received 25,000 votes that normallywould have gone to the Republican candidate. New York’s 36 electoral votes swung the election to Cleveland. He won the state’s vote by only about 1000 in a total vote of more...

• Grover Cleveland

  Americans, Roman Catholics, and Southerners, who all generally supported the Democratic Party. The statement lost Blaine any chance of getting the Irish Americanvote in New York City. The Mugwumps supported Cleveland because of Blaine’s political past. Even the Prohibition Party candidate received 25,000 votes that normallywould have gone to the Republican candidate. New York’s 36 electoral votes swung the election to Cleveland. He won the state’s vote by only about 1000 in a total vote of more...

• ACADÉMIE GONCOURT

  --- Femina, 1904; le prix du Roman de l'Académie fran­ çaise, 1914; l'Interallié, 1930, et le Médicis, 1958), mais plus efficace qu'eux tous, le Goncourt occupe en effet J'actualité avec un livre dont il fait, par sa seule grâce, un succès de librairie [voir PRIX UTTÉRAJRES). Une chronique agitée La progression des chiffres est parlante, malgré la différence entre les époques : des 5 000 exemplaires d'avant 1914 au demi-million (et plus) des meilleures réus...

• septembre 1996 dans le monde (histoire chronologique)

  Des chars sont déployés à Naplouse, à l'entrée de Ramallah et à Gaza. Le Premier ministre israélien reste ferme, et réaffirme la souveraineté de son pays sur Jérusalem. Tensions nationalistes entre la Chine et le Japon 9 Un groupe de nationalistes japonais débarque dans l'île de Senkaku (Diaoyu, pour les Chinois), dans l'archipel des Ryu-kyu, objet d'un litige entre le Japon et la Chine en raison des réserves en pétrole que la région recèlerait La...

• Le général de Gaulle accorde aux Françaises le droit de vote

  C'est aux élections municipales d'avr il19 45 que les femmes françaises votent pour la première fois. Le génér al de Gaulle accorde aux Françaises le droit de vote Le 29 avril 1945, pour la première fois, les Françaises s'expriment par leurs suffrages lors des élections muni­ cipale s, premi ère consultation électora le orga nisée depuis la lib ération. Ce droit leur avait été accordé en avril 1944, à Alger , par le général de Gaulle. L e 21 avril 1944...

• Six années d'impossible démocratie en Haïti

  Le général Avril annonce une restauration partielle de la Constitution de 1987. Pourtant, durant toute l'année, le général, quiéchappe à plusieurs rébellions armées, ne parvient pas à rétablir la paix sociale. 1er janvier 1990Les manifestations antigouvernementales s'accentuent. En janvier, l'état de siège est instauré provisoirement. La chasse auxopposant s'accentue, la censure est souveraine. 10 mars 1990 Démission du général Avril. Le général Herard Abraham lui succède. Le 13, Ertha P...

• LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

  • 1889-1915 : plusieurs lois ministre . • Janvier-septembre 1920 : président du Conseil. • 24 sept embre 1920 : élu président de la République . • 11 juin 1924 : la victoire du Cartel des gauches aux législatives du 11 mai l'oblige à démissionner . CiAsroN DOUMEIGUE • Né à Aigues­ Vives (Gard) en 1863, mort id. en 1937. • 1893 : avocat puis juge, il est élu député. • 1902 à 1917 : plusieurs fois ministre . • 1913-1914 : président du Conseil. • Il jll...

• RDA, la disparition d'un Etat

  18 octobre 1989 Erich Honecker est remplacé par Egon Krenz à la tête du parti et de l'Etat est allemand. 26 octobre 1989 Les municipalités de RDA organisent des débats publics dans les grandes villes. 30 octobre 1989 Visite à Moscou du numéro un est allemand, Egon Krenz, qui fait l'éloge de la perestroïka. 6 novembre 1989 Publication à Berlin Est d'un projet de loi autorisant les Allemands de l'Est à voyager librement trente jours par an. 7 novembre 1989 Démission du gouvernement...

• travailliste, Parti (Royaume-Uni) (partis politiques).

  floue, un certain nombre d’objectifs à long terme : « Garantir aux travailleurs manuels ou intellectuels tout le fruit de leur labeur et la répartition la plus juste possible sur la base de la propriété collective des moyens deproduction, mais aussi le meilleur système possible d’administration et de contrôle par le peuple de chaque secteur de l’industrie ou des services. » La Clause IV continuera d’incarner les intentions générales du parti jusqu’en 1995, malgré les tentatives de Hugh Gaitskell...

• La Commune de Paris : Soixante-douze jours qui ont profondément marqué le mouvement ouvrier (Travaux Personnels Encadrés – HISTOIRE & CIVILISATION - Enseignements Pratiques Interdisciplinaires)

  LEs tlECTioNs • Les élections se préparent dans un climat de vive tension entre Paris et Versailles . Le comité central affirme aux Parisiens : « Les hommes qui vous suivront le mieux sont ceux que vous choisirez parmi vous, vivant de votre vie, souffrant des mêmes maux >>, pendant que depuis Versailles, on fustige les « criminels ,, qui ont pris Paris en main . Dans le même temps, une « délégation de Paris », composée des maires et de leurs adj...

• CHRONOLOGIE Mars 1990 dans le monde (histoire chronologique)

  nommé à la tête du gouvernement avec l'appui du Parti national, au pouvoir depuis 1985. DIMANCHE 18 RDA. Premières élections libres depuis la fin de la République de Weimar. Le Parti chrétien-démocrate de Lothar de Maizière remporte près de 41% des voix et 164 sièges sur 4lXl. Avec l'Union sociale allemande et le Renouveau démocratique, alliés de la COU, la droite frise la majorité absolue. LUNDI 19 Tchécoslovaquie. Vâclav Havel entre­ prend la pre...

• CHRONOLOGIE Avril 1994 dans le monde (histoire chronologique)

  avec Frederik De Klerk et Nelson Mandela, Mangosuthu Buthelezi. chef de 11nkatba, accepte de participer aux élections multiraciales. MERCREDI 20 France. Déclaré coupable de compli· cité de crime contre l'humanité pour l'exécution de sept prisonniers juifs à Rillieux-la-Pape, Paul Touvier est condamné à la réclusion criminelle à perpétuité. C'est la première fois qu'une telle condamnation est pronon· cée contre un Français. JEUDI 21 lsraëUSyrie. Le...

• L'élection impériale de 1519 (histoire).

• From Bush v.

  legal requirements. This case has shown that punch card balloting machines can produce an unfortunate number of ballots which are not punched in a clean, complete way by the voter.After the current counting, it is likely legislative bodies nationwide will examine ways to improve the mechanisms and machinery for voting. B The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States unless and until the state legislature chooses astatewide...

• CHRONOLOGIE Mai 1993 dans le monde (histoire chronologique)

  de 57 % des voix, les Danois approu­ vent l'adhésion du Danemark au traité de Maastricht après l'obtention de dérogations en matière de défense, de monnaie commune, de citoyenneté et de coopération policière. MERCREDI 19 Angola. Les États-Unis reconnai.ssent le gouvernement angolais dirigé par le Mouvement populaire pour la libéra­ tion de l'Angola (MPLA), mais les négociations avec l'Union nationale pour l'indépendance totale de l'Angola (UNIT A), de...