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It would be a mistake to assume that Germany’s government could ignore or circumvent the court’s decision.
Indeed, Germany's policymakers seem to be stumbling from decision to decision.
First, the 2012 law was a direct response to the large public demonstrations that began the previous year in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other Russian cities to protest Vladimir Putin’s decision to stand for a third term as president, his election, and his inauguration.
Before the ECB’s decision, contagion from Greece was a genuine threat.
The first ambiguity has been resolved by the decision to aim for a level of emissions that would cap the increase in average surface temperature at 2º Celsius above the pre-industrial level.
In retrospect, de Gaulle’s decision proved to be much more detrimental for France than for the Alliance.
Joseph Stalin subsequently imposed a blockade on West Berlin, in a failed effort to enforce compliance with that decision.
In practice, however, the five permanent members now agree on a candidate, and their decision is rubber-stamped first by the Security Council and then by the General Assembly.
As a result, liberal feminists have increased their influence among both decision makers and religious women.
His decision to challenge Abbas means that the “secular” forces within the Palestinian movement may be divided at a time when rivals with a robust Islamic agenda – principally Hamas and Islamic Jihad – are challenging them.
Iraq and Japanese IsolationEvery country that has sent troops to aid America's efforts in Iraq is under pressure, as the decision by the Philippines to withdraw its small contingent shows.
Cold War ComfortsNEW YORK – Western relations with Russia have rarely been worse than they are now, in the aftermath of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intervention in Ukraine and decision to annex Crimea.
One key decision facing Serbia, and its new authorities, is whether Milosevic should be extradited to The Hague.
But the decision may have life-and-death ramifications for Serbia’s future.
Their decision to act as a bloc in Copenhagen is an important step forward.
Japan’s Obama ProblemTOKYO – When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine last month, Chinese leaders predictably condemned his decision to honor those behind “the war of aggression against China.”
Abe feels let down by Obama’s decision not to take a firm stand on the ADIZ – the latest in a series of aggressive moves by China to upend the status quo in the East China Sea.
But the most common view of security and intelligence experts worldwide is that, while Iran may want the technical breakout capability to build a nuclear weapon that Japan now has, it is still a long way from building a usable atomic weapon, and has made no decision to do so.
But the decision lies only partly with governments themselves.
Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement turns into a possible decision to re-enter TPP.
Today, most of the US health-care industry is profit-driven, and this is reflected in nearly every decision, from which drugs get developed to who gets insured.
This is a completely mundane and rational business decision, aimed at minimizing tax obligations.
Reawakening EuropeBERLIN – The decision by the United Kingdom’s voters to “Brexit” the European Union is not an example of the British black humor that I love.
In any case, one thing is certain: the British decision – even if implemented in the fastest conceivable way – has initiated a long period of political and economic uncertainty and European preoccupation with its own affairs, even as the world around it changes dramatically.
Another critical decision that must be made now is that “no deal” is not an option.
And he was stubborn: once he had made a decision – even, or rather especially, if it was glaringly wrong and stupid – he would never revisit it.
This decision followed the banks having passed the so-called “stress tests” of their financial viability, which the US Treasury demanded, and the success of some of them in raising the additional capital that the tests suggested they needed.
Indeed, this is one of the factors that contributed to Moody’s decision – following Standard & Poor’s – to strip France of its AAA credit rating.
Avoiding new tension with Taiwan appears to have been a calculated decision by China’s leaders as they begin their own – perhaps not yet fully settled – changing of the guard.
Freeze the Settlement FreezeRAMALLAH – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to approve new Jewish settlements on the eve of a possible settlement freeze is the latest round in a cycle that has been repeated so many times over the past 40 years that it would seem mundane if it were not so dangerous.
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