Insist
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Prodi’s Commission now proposes to negotiate with any country that meets the political criteria (stable democracy and respect for human/minority rights) and not
insist
on the satisfaction of difficult economic criteria (a functioning market economy and readiness to withstand EU competition) as a prerequisite for negotiations.
In that case, investors will
insist
on a risk premium: higher interest rates on Treasury debt.
With a general election to be held by the end of May, voters should
insist
that those who seek to represent them in Parliament go there to debate and deliberate, not to disrupt and destroy.
Middle-income families also
insist
on buying homes, despite the highest multiple of home price to income among advanced economies and a housing-finance system that imposes high borrowing costs.
It is the responsibility of rulers and opinion leaders to
insist
that universal rights are implemented universally--that all, without exception, are subject to the rule of law.
The US would
insist
that China drastically cut its emissions, because it is the world’s number one polluter in absolute terms.
If France and China were prevented from completing their series, they would either refuse to sign a test-ban treaty altogether or
insist
on such major exceptions that the treaty would be devalued, to the delight of the test lobby in the United States and elsewhere and the frustrations of all those who want to stop the bomb from spreading.
Salafis, whose name is derived from the Arabic phrase for “righteous ancestors,” known as “Salaf al-Salih,”
insist
on a return to what they consider the purity of the practices of the first Muslims.
Yes, the Russian Orthodox Church supports the country’s law prohibiting “gay propaganda”; likewise, the right-wing Ugandan and Nigerian nationalists backing their countries’ anti-gay legislation
insist
that they are asserting local, as opposed to Western, values.
Germany and other hawkish northern Europeans are right to
insist
that Greece adhere to its commitments on structural reform, so that economic convergence with the rest of the eurozone can occur one day.
Russia could also
insist
on greater military cooperation, including the deployment of Russian missiles in Belarus in response to America’s planned missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev may also
insist
on Belarus recognizing the independence, declared following last summer’s war, of Georgia’s Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions, knowing that this would make the EU shrink from further commitments to Belarus.
For example, while Western representatives generally view Iran as an emerging threat, many Russians still
insist
that the Iranian regime remains a proliferation challenge that can be managed through non-BMD means such as diplomacy and limited international sanctions.
The IMF continues to
insist
on an alternative economic "theory" (though using that term may suggest a higher level of analysis than is merited)--one which Keynes fought against over sixty years ago.
But, despite diminished state benefits, most leaders have continued to
insist
that their countries’ people uphold their end of the contract by not participating meaningfully in public life.
China’s rulers have denied that the secret arms deals were valid, and
insist
that the government did not authorize them.
While the HFEA document calls for ethical concerns to be “balanced” against increasing egg supply, French Assembly members
insist
that law, morality, and progress are compatible.
It is not wild-eyed extremism to
insist
that every conversation with an African leader should discuss what they are doing to win the battle against HIV/AIDS.
Above all, they would
insist
more often that their counterparties be well capitalized.
Against this background, it is difficult to explain why the ECB continues to
insist
that unconventional monetary-policy measures – such as negative rates and continued bond purchases – are needed.
If Greece defaults, the EU will be legally justified and politically motivated to
insist
that the euro remains its only legal tender.
We should
insist
upon it in our own school systems – and then
insist
upon it in others’ systems.
European officials’ incensed reaction – the banks are fine, they insist, and need only liquidity support – should serve to buttress the Fund’s determination to be sensible about Europe.
In the face of such atrocities, it is difficult to
insist
that individual rights are absolute.
But the Tea Party faction of the Republican Party cares more about small government than anything else: its members insist, above all, that federal tax revenue never be permitted to exceed 18% of GDP.
President, if you
insist
that national security requires your country’s industry to receive lower volumes of high-quality European steel, we can help.
This means that as long as European electorates
insist
on retaining sovereignty over fiscal and economic policymaking, shared liability will be a pipe dream.
Given the evidence of widespread capital flight fueled by external borrowing, African governments can rightly
insist
that creditors have the responsibility of establishing that their loans were used for bona fide purposes.
If consumers
insist
on buying only ethical diamonds, traders might be able to push the demand back to their sources.
This change will not be easy, but the US must
insist
on it, despite continued German resistance in the name of supposed fiscal rectitude.
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