A combination of Republican control of the House and a blocking minority in the Senate may well be enough to kill some unwelcome bills before Bush has to veto them.
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While the stake owned by employees will be diluted to 19 percent from 36 percent, their joint holding will keep its blocking minority of voting rights at shareholder meetings.
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The German law limits an investor to buying no more than 20 percent of the voting rights in the German car producer while 20 percent also amounts to a blocking minority.
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Before the recent restructuring of the company's shareholding he owned a third-- which is a blocking minority-- in a holding company that owned a third of Moulinex
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Germany, which currently holds the EU presidency, said there was a blocking minority against the proposal, but added that the member states saw a possibility of a future compromise.
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Before the recent restructuring of the company's shareholding he owned a third-- which is a blocking minority-- in a holding company that owned a third of Moulinex.
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The Walloon government said in March it would dilute its 78.77 percent stake to a blocking minority or around 25 percent if Cockerill were to ally itself with another steel producer.
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According to the Lisbon Treaty ( 2009 ), EU Council decisions made by qualified majority voting can only be blocked if at least 4 members of the Council form a blocking minority.
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Germany, which currently holds the EU presidency, said that there was a blocking minority against the draft proposal, but added that the member states saw a possibility of a future compromise.
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Without this blocking minority, other EU states could overrule Germany and its allies in questions of EU budget discipline or the recruitment of German banks to guarantee deposits in troubled southern European banks.
