They were seen to have no political mandate in Wales.

A reformist majority in the new parliament, they thought, would provide the political mandate for a sweeping economic program.

His election is remarkable because he does not have any previous experience practicing a political mandate.

They want the size and range of Earth Day activities to create a political mandate for tougher environmental laws.

Finally and uniquely, the bank has an expressly political mandate.

I believe that we now have a clear political mandate to proceed on the basis of a legislative proposal in this area.

The Bank is unique among multilateral development banks in having a political mandate.

However, I have serious doubts about the process leading to this increase of power, because a legal base is not the same as a political mandate.

You have no political mandate for such a sale.

He never recovered his credibility and was unable to regain a political mandate after the war.