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  Union des Démocrates pour la République - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Union of Democrats for the Republic (French : Union des Démocrates pour la République), also known as the Gaullist Party, was a political party of France.
In 1967 it became the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (UDR), later dropping the 'Fifth'.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Union_of_Democrats_for_the_Republic   (126 words)

  
 Community and Public Sector Union: News: Democrats doing the hard job improving laws in the Senate - 01 September 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As someone who has the privilege of leading this union, I’m aware our greatest blessing is the ongoing support and involvement of CPSU members and delegates.
The Democrats are across every issue from taxation to superannuation to industrial relations to quarantine laws.
Copies of the "Strong Senate Record the Democrats achievements in the 40th Parliament" are available on request.
www.cpsu.org.au /campaigns/Election04/news/1093995663_7171.html   (531 words)

  
 A short history of France
This fifth republic is a presidential democratic republic based on a strong president.
France is a co-founder of the European Communities in 1957 (renamed European Union in 1993).
When he resigns in 1969 De Gaulle is succeeded in 1969 by the gaullist Georges Pompidou, leader of the Union des Démocrates pour la République (Union of Democrats for the Republic, UDR).
www.electionworld.org /history/france.htm   (924 words)

  
 Democrats languish, even on trade issue | The San Diego Union-Tribune
What has happened to the Democrats over the past few decades is best captured by the phrase (coined by Kevin Phillips) "reactionary liberalism." Spent of new ideas, their only remaining idea is to hang on to the status quo at all costs.
You would think this treaty would be a natural for the Democrats, who have always portrayed themselves as the party with real sympathy for the poor – in contradistinction to the Republicans who have hearts of stone, if they have any at all.
The Democratic Party has always seen itself as the tribune of the oppressed of the Third World and deeply distressed by the fact that "the United States by far is the stingiest nation in the world for development assistance or foreign aid," to quote Jimmy Carter, former Democratic president, current Democratic saint.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050624/news_lz1e24kraut.html   (684 words)

  
 Do AFL-CIO Union Democrats, and the GOP, - Have Any Common Ground? [Free Republic]
If Gov Bush is to open a meaningful dialogue with union rank and file, where would you suggest he start visiting in order to talk to the members of the union not the leaders to hear what the rank and file have to say.
What isn't reported is the number of union members who work directly for the Democrats in the form of volunteerism, even though they may vote other-then-Democrat in the secrecy of the voting booth.
The Democrats had driven this country into deep problems under the weight of socialistic programs initiated, layer upon layer, by the party whom the unions had unswervingly elected to Congress and the WH for decades.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39b8ff6915e0.htm   (1448 words)

  
 Origins of Labor Day born in suffering
The idea for a national observance to honor labor sprang from the unrest of the latter third of the 19th century.
Union historians pinpoint Sept. 5, 1882, as the first actual Labor Day, the highlight of which was a parade in New York City by 20,000 people demanding an eight-hour workday.
Cleveland's Democrats were crushed in the congressional elections that fall.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0904mon1-04.html   (674 words)

  
 California teachers Protest Union Dues Paid to Democrats! [Free Republic]
The US Supreme Court said in the Beck decision that unions must allow their contributors to inform them their their own personal funds cannot be used to support a particular party or interest.
I used to deal with the steelworkers union in California - yes it is a right to work state, but by some method that escapes me, California public schools have made it almost impossible for teachers not to belong to the union.
Yet, the Democrat leadership is so out of touch, and always seems to be the last to pick up on what is actually happening with teachers.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a8d65a8790c.htm   (2898 words)

  
 Jacques Chirac - MSN Encarta
In that same year, he also became secretary general of the conservative Union of Democrats for the Republic (Union des Démocrates pour la République; UDR).
He was then elected president of the UDR, which he reorganized into a neo-Gaullist party, Rally for the Republic (Rassemblement pour la République; RPR).
The Union for the Presidential Majority, a coalition of center-right groups supporting Chirac, won an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579889/Jacques_Chirac.html   (1746 words)

  
 Central Union of German Democrats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Central Union of German Democrats emerged as a reaction to the defeat of the democratic forces in electio ns to the Frankfurt national assembly.
234 delegates from 89 unions, primarily based in southern and western Germany, elected a central committee consisting of five persons to sit in Berlin, and adopted a program seeking a democratic republic, that is, "a constitution in which the people as a whole will take responsibility for the freedom and welfare of the individual".
At the second Congress of Democrats, which was held in Berlin October 26 to 30, 1848 and was insufficiently prepared by the central committee, there were widespread contradictions among the 226 delegates regarding basic aspects of revolutionary perspectives, democratic strategy, and strategic action.
www.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/ac/cenunio.htm   (640 words)

  
 A Chronology of the Ruling Parties in the World: West Europe
Established by the conservatives in 1870 and replaced by the Third Republic in 1871, when the imperial system was formally abolished.
In 1939 this government defeated the Second Republic and established fascist rule of the Phalange Party in the whole country.
With the overthrow of the dictatorial government in 1974, the First Republic came to an end and the Second Republic was established.
www.geocities.com /kfzhouy/Party/Weuroe.html   (1483 words)

  
 Democrats Wore Union Label [Free Republic]
Internal party and union memos, which a combined Democratic Party-union lawsuit sought to keep secret, were obtained by The Associated Press and detail extensive behind-the-scenes coordination during the 1996 campaign.
Union representatives also were allowed to serve on state party steering committees to help approve or reject plans for Democrats' so-called coordinated campaigns, the memos state.
There was no chance that a democrat commissioner would vote to pursue this case (and, quite conceivably, the republicans might have opposed it as well), lest the substance of the complaint reach the public's attention.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b5877261a90.htm   (2908 words)

  
 Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Czech Republic
The Czech Republic's coalition government has survived a political crisis despite a poor performance by the ruling Social Democrats in the Senate and a scandal surrounding Prime Minister Stanislav Gross's personal finances, which forced him to resign in April 2005.
The Czech Republic's trade policy and informal market scores are both 0.5 point better this year, and its fiscal burden of government score is 1.1 points better.
The Czech Republic has opened its privatization program to foreign investors, and the U.S. Department of Commerce reports that "most major state-owned companies have been privatized with foreign participation." The International Monetary Fund reports no restrictions on payments or current transfers, and both residents and non-residents may hold foreign exchange accounts.
www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=CzechRepublic   (1065 words)

  
 SBF Glossary: U to UIUC
Under the Fifth Republic, many French political parties and party groupings of the right have been created primarily as vehicles to support their leaders, rather than as vehicles to advance specific agendas.
French for `Union of Democrats for the Republic.' The UDP was founded in October 1958 as l'Union pour la nouvelle République (`the Union for the New Republic').
Union démocratique pour la Ve République French for `Union of Democrats for the V
www.plexoft.com /SBF/U.html   (7416 words)

  
 - Democrats for the West
For the state, for the candidates, for the Democratic Party and possibly for the nation itself, the early Nevada caucus stands to be a very big deal.
The Denver stagehands union, which would handle much of the inside construction at the convention, thus far has refused to sign a pledge not to strike or picket during the gathering.
Learn what mountain state Democratic parties are up to, and visit their web sites.
www.democratsforthewest.com   (828 words)

  
 America is a Republic - Not a "Democracy"! -  Reader's Write - Atlantic Highlands Herald - New jersey
The Democrats propaganda machine, like Hitler’s propaganda machine, recognizes that the bigger the lie, the louder the lie and the longer the lie is told, people will generally believe it.
The reason Democrats can get away with this is because the media goes along with it and history has been dumded-down by the politically-correct Democrats to the point where “democracy” is drummed into our public educational system.
If this were a Constitutional Republic – a Republic governed by the “rule of law” – the Second Amendment would still be intact, and the 16th Amendment would not exist.
www.ahherald.com /bishop/020228_democracy.htm   (633 words)

  
 SacUnion Blog
This is exactly the battle plan for the Democrats - and has been since they discovered this 'de-valuing of the vote' in 2000.
The reason was a respect for the Republic.
The Nixon Team said they respected the Republic too much to take the vote through the courts and turn the nation on its ear.
www.sacunion.com /pages/blog/republic_in_crisis   (278 words)

  
 Democrats lose, Republicans win on Iraq | The San Diego Union-Tribune
However war weary many Americans are at the moment, don't bet that painting Democrats into their cut-and-run corner won't bolster GOP prospects in November for holding on to its congressional majorities.
Democrats left no doubt that they cannot agree on a coherent strategy and that many Democrats favor getting out, even if that dooms the mission for which 2,500 American soldiers and Marines have given their lives.
Democrats vowed to force another Senate vote this week on U.S. withdrawal, presumably on a less abrupt timetable than that set by the now unabashedly dovish John Kerry.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060618/news_lz1e18caldwel.html   (779 words)

  
 Demoracy vs. Republic? | Democrats.com
IOW, we are a Republic with a Democratic form of government, or so it was thought until recently.
The 'generalization' of the term Republic into the word Democracy isn't by accident; Democracy is the preferred form of government by those who seek to gain undue control over the government (and subsequently, the people), allowing for the "majority" party to rule as it pleases.
Just read his book Republic which reveals his foul notion of philosopher kings, that some people are better than others and should hold governmental over the rest of the people.
blog.democrats.com /node/712   (1634 words)

  
 State Of the Union Address: | Democrats.com
And they were actually way more democratic and less problematic elections than the ones we just pulled off in Iraq.
I think though that the Democrats are setting themselves up by saying that there isn’t a problem because that is simply false.
I think the Democrats shouts of “No” during some of Bush’s comments about Social Security were a classless move the will backfire.
www.democrats.com /node/3070   (4119 words)

  
 Activists say and do to preserve the republic
In a single republic, all the power surrendered by the people is submitted to the administration of a single government; and the usurpations are guarded against by a division of the government into distinct and separate departments.
It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.
He answered: "You have been given a Republic, if you can keep it." We have a Republic with a democratic system of government which means that we vote for representatives who are to represent the citizenry in a legislature locally, and Congress on the national level.
www.angelfire.com /pa/truthonline/e-republic.html   (2901 words)

  
 Seeing Red Democrats at The Republic of T.
Barack Obama chastised fellow Democrats on Wednesday for failing to “acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people,” and said the party must compete for the support of evangelicals and other churchgoing Americans.
The Democrats are in a much better position, treat the evangelicals with respect, go on the offensive for one or two things.
The Republic of T. is powered by WordPress 2.0.2 and K2 Beta Two svn by Michael, Chris and Zeo.
www.republicoft.com /2006/06/28/seeing-red-democrats   (3304 words)

  
 Democratic Unionist Party - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), political party based in Northern Ireland, established in Belfast by the Reverend Ian Paisley and fellow unionist...
Ulster Unionist Party, Northern Irish Unionist political party dedicated to the maintenance of union between Northern Ireland and the United...
Adams was involved in intense negotiations throughout 2003, seeking to restore the executive.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Democratic_Unionist_Party.html   (128 words)

  
 The Republic Debate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Leading up to the republic referendum later in the year, I thought it might be interesting for a year 11 class to examine the preamble to the constitution as an exercise in English.
Australia's democratic and federal system of government exists under law to preserve and protect all Australians in an equal dignity which may never be infringed by prejudice or fashion or ideology nor invoked against achievement.
It is ironic that the referendum for a republic was basically lost on the issue of how the GG would be chosen, yet the present selection method is much less open than the method proposed in the referendum.
www.users.bigpond.com /lnord/Republic.html   (5763 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Italian pot-pourri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Prodi government was more attentive to the needs of the left than any of its predecessors since the inception of Italy's republic and the abolition of the monarchy in 1946.
The UDR is made up of former Christian Democrats and headed by former President Francesco Cossiga.
If D'Alema chooses the UDR, who have 31 deputies, the prime minister designate does not have to seek the support of either the moderate or the hard-line communists.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /1998/400/in2.htm   (1089 words)

  
 San Marino (10/06)
These districts (Townships) correspond to the old parishes of the Republic, and each one is ruled by a Council, which is chaired by a Captain elected every 5 years.
Harmonization of statutes and policies with the EU is a major domestic and foreign policy priority of the republic.
For consular purposes, the republic is within the jurisdiction of the Florence consular district.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5387.htm   (2285 words)

  
 Ambassade de France: Biographie de Jacques CHIRAC
UDR (Union for the Defence of the Republic) Deputy for the Corrèze;
Secretary-general of the UDR (Union of Democrats for the Republic) party;
Thesis on the development of the port of New Orleans for the Institute of Political Studies, 1954; Treatise for France at a time of choice', 'The Light of Hope: evening thoughts for the morning', 1978; 'A New France, Reflections 1', 1994; 'France for All', 1995.
www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2000/eu2000/chirac.asp   (405 words)

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