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Volkswagen on Friday dismissed the unionists’ most recent proposals as insufficient.
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Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 2 Dec. 2024
When the effort failed in 1969, British troops arrived to keep the peace, but ultimately ushered in the mounting violence and upheaval of The Troubles, leading to a 30-year military occupation and unyielding, seemingly insurmountable entrenchment by both unionists and loyalists.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Biden encouraged consecutive British governments to settle any outstanding issues with the European Union in order to preserve the fragile balance between mostly Catholic Irish Republican communities and mainly Protestant unionist communities in Northern Ireland.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 9 Mar. 2023
The unionist areas have been funded a lot more, of course, because the state was built for that community.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2024
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Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 2 Dec. 2024
When the effort failed in 1969, British troops arrived to keep the peace, but ultimately ushered in the mounting violence and upheaval of The Troubles, leading to a 30-year military occupation and unyielding, seemingly insurmountable entrenchment by both unionists and loyalists.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Biden encouraged consecutive British governments to settle any outstanding issues with the European Union in order to preserve the fragile balance between mostly Catholic Irish Republican communities and mainly Protestant unionist communities in Northern Ireland.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 9 Mar. 2023
The unionist areas have been funded a lot more, of course, because the state was built for that community.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Unionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unionist. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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