legislate

A spokesperson for the EU executive later stressed Europe's "sovereign right to legislate".

WSJ Analysis The U.S. plan rests on a series of promises by Russia, including legislating in its parliament a policy of non-aggression towards Europe and Ukraine.

States that legislate through prohibition and political signaling risk higher costs, slower growth, and eroded credibility.

This matters because the government is going to have to legislate to bring in some of the changes, and that means there will be votes in Parliament.

Recent years remind us of this, especially as politicians fervently attempt to legislate versions of history that don’t suit their agendas out of classrooms.