She felt that the party "lacked identity" with the support to Rousseff.

The party also lacked a strong pillarized organization around it.

The party is discredited and lacks a policy focus, but still has steady support in the South.

Both parties thus lack the ability to propose a law alone since that requires minimum of 10 members.

This party, like others before it, lacked a popular base.

In general, however, the party lacked a distinct political philosophy.

However, he declined to fill the seat and thus, the party will lack representation at the council for the rest of the mandate period.

But the party probably lacks enough votes to stop it.

Today the so-called European parties completely lack any legitimacy or basis among the citizens.

Moreover, his party lacks a majority in Parliament, and will have to work with one or both of its larger rivals.