Governments and party leaders can only hope to remain in favour with the public for so long.

政府和政党领导人们只能希望一直得到公众的支持。

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The vote for the suspension of the party was 283 in favour with 29 against.

就暂时取缔该党而进行的投票结果是283票支持，29票反对。

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The current electoral law is still heavily weighted in favour of the ruling party.

目前的选举法依然非常有利地倾向于执政党。

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Even voters in North-Rhine Westphalia, the most heavily-populated German state, rejected her party in favour of the Social Democrats (SPD), who promised to go easy on cutting debt.

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Yet as kingmaker Mr Dacic dropped his alliance with the Democratic Party of Boris Tadic in favour of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) led by Tomislav Nikolic, who defeated Mr Tadic in the presidential election.

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But the resistance is politically passive and a cross-party consensus in favour is holding.

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