When other EU leaders failed to back this proposal, the Polish delegation sought instead to delay the introduction of the new double majority system.
Although this double-majority voting system for the EBA sounds boringly procedural, it could prove to be very significant.
Thus we have the powers of a presidential type system with the automatic majority of a Parliamentary system.
Because, under Germany's system of proportional representation, the Greens got 47 parliamentary seats, but under France's majority-voting system its Greens, the main environmental party, got a mere half-dozen.
They are consequences of a failure to persuade the majority that the existing system ought to be protected.
While phones running Google's Android system represent the majority of the world's smartphones, no single phone has come anywhere near the popularity of Apple's iPhone.
In a parliamentary system with a large majority, such as Labour enjoys, any law can be rammed through quickly enough.
Mr Shevardnadze's pro-western party did rather well, getting 42% of the vote and, thanks to the country's electoral system, an absolute majority of seats.
Still, state-controlled banks, which hold the majority of assets in the financial system in China, Russia and India and over 40% in Brazil, will have to juggle their dual personalities as independent agents (often with minority stockmarket listings) and public servants.
The Council of Ministers uses a system of weighted qualified-majority voting in which small countries are heavily over-represented.
And if you disapprove, then in 2010 you witnessed the power of America's system to check an overactive majority.
It is one of the major players in system installation, with the majority of its installation in the utility and power plant segment.
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But the vast majority of the cost of any medical care system is the time of the people in it.
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The majority of Americans agree that our health care system is in a state of crisis and in need of significant reform.
But, as Mr Netanyahu points out, that was under the old system, when even a simple majority could depose a prime minister.
But they sure come in handy if you want to sway the thinking of the growing majority of Americans who believe our two party system needs an overhaul.
The California State University System declined to take the vast majority of transfer students this spring and has turned away about 20, 000 students who qualified for admission during each of the past three years, a spokesman said.
Security problems were most pronounced in the early days of the smartphone -- when a majority of them ran on a single operating system and it was easier for malware to spread from one phone to the next.
But because Conservatives fear that they would not win an outright majority in a proportional representation (PR) system, the Lib Dems could secure only a more modest prize: a referendum on keeping FPTP or adopting the alternative vote (AV).
With that majority gone, Austria may be stuck with a system that perpetuates unhappy grand coalitions and feeds far-right parties.
The constitutional changes required for a proper parliamentary system will need a two-thirds majority in the assembly and a referendum.
The fact that no single party or coalition got anywhere near a clear majority would make forming a government, a parliamentary system, difficult under any circumstances.
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Pope believes that companies only need a 64-bit operating system and database, and that the majority of 32-bit applications currently available will run on top of the 64-bit platform without sacrificing performance.
Google took a giant step forward on that road when it announced this week some of the biggest changes ever to its AdWords ad system, which is responsible for the majority of its revenue.
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The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on Total System, with 11 of 17 analysts rating it hold.
Mr. SCOTT COWAN (President, Tulane University): We want the vast majority of money that's given to the school system to go to the schools and the principals.
It demands that we join hands, as at the Job Summit tomorrow, to eradicate the poverty spawned by a system that thrived on the deprivation of the majority.
The cross-party committee said it believed the majority of claimants would be able to access the new system and the shake-up would help "ease the transition" from benefits to work.
However, there is much more to the story that is neglected by the majority of healthcare commentators, including the origins of this system (in which policymakers from both parties played roles).
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The latest spasm of violence came one day after Prime Minister Maliki warned his coalition partners that any moves to bring down the government would unravel the political system and lead to a situation where the majority Shiites decide the shape of the government on their own.
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