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Similarly, if Helmut Kohl's government had insisted in 1990 that all Germans expelled from Poland and Czechoslovakia have a right to return to those countries, German reunification would not have gained the broad international agreement that it did.
Ronald Reagan famously insisted that, “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Moreover, it would have been viewed as hostile if Secretaries Rubin and Summers insisted that they believed in a “weak Euro”, even if they were implicitly saying that.
More broadly, as China has declared unconditional Indian troop withdrawal to be a “prerequisite” for ending the standoff, India, facing recurrent Chinese incursions over the last decade, has insisted that border peace is a “prerequisite” for developing bilateral ties.
He not only supported the Lysenko theories, but also believed ideologically hardened engineers and geologists who insisted that the rules of communism could defy the laws of nature.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted that the EaEU is not intended to function as a “resurrected” Soviet Union, but that any former Soviet republic is free to join.
Shadowed by Germany’s deep-seated inflation taboo, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government stubbornly insisted that the pain of austerity was essential to economic recovery; the EU had little choice but to go along.
Throughout his campaign, Toledo insisted that he would do so, but he admitted his paternity only two years later, after the girl's mother turned to the Supreme Court for help.
Deficits were not increased enough in 2009 to escape from high unemployment, he insisted, and were falling dangerously fast after 2010.
Playing at DemocracyIn Calcutta, when some younger kid came along and insisted on joining the game my friends were playing, we would let the new kid in, but only after whispering into each other's ears the words, elé belé .
Until now, Israelis and Palestinians have insisted on various “red lines” that they proclaimed they would never cross.
He insisted from the beginning that his games would be above politics, because politics is divisive, whereas the purpose of the games would be to bring people together.
Since then, Chinese officials have insisted that they do not belong in US-Russian strategic-arms talks, because the two countries’ nuclear arsenals dwarf theirs.
Not only have policymakers in the eurozone insisted on repeating the blunders of the 1930s; they are poised to repeat them in a more brutal, more exaggerated, and more extended fashion.
The US has so far insisted that it will agree to a comprehensive dialogue only if Iran first suspends its enrichment activities.
So American and European leaders insisted that Japan “voluntarily” restrain exports or face steep tariff and non-tariff barriers.
That sentiment grew stronger following Trump’s speech at Davos, in which he insisted that “America first does not mean America alone.”
He has long insisted on the creation of a no-fly “buffer” zone on the Syrian side of the border, under the pretext that it would help to address the humanitarian crisis that the civil war has engendered.
In principle, IDB membership requires OAS membership, and therein may lie the reason why Cuba insisted so strongly on returning, and why it was ultimately disappointed in not obtaining unconditional re-admission.
Yet, in the aftermath of the global economic crisis, China insisted on maintaining extremely high growth rates of 9% for two years, by relying on fiscal stimulus, huge liquidity injections, and a temporary halt in the renminbi’s appreciation.
Walking with GiantsPARIS –In the aftermath of the G20 Pittsburgh Summit last year, European and American officials insisted that G20 membership was imposing “new responsibilities.”
Furthermore, because governments did not trust one another, they insisted on including in treaties what would normally belong in ordinary legislation.
After the crash of 2008, Merkel insisted that each country should look after its own financial institutions and government debts should be paid in full.
They responded that such previous action by them had not been reciprocated, and they reminded me that Hamas had previously insisted on a ceasefire throughout Palestine including both Gaza and the West Bank, which Israel had refused.
Germany has also continuously failed to meet its commitment to spend 2% of its GDP on defense, at the same time that it has insisted that troubled EU economies stick to austerity budgets that limit their deficits to a fixed proportion of their economic output.
MP’s would have read and analyzed it attentively, asked ministers many questions, and, if necessary, insisted on re-writing various tables presented in the draft.
But she also insisted on her commitment to responsible and sustainable reforms.
For decades, US Treasury officials have insisted that “A strong dollar is good for America.”
They insisted on undivided Western values, the values of enlightenment and liberty.
The Changing Climate on Climate ChangeOSLO – In the early 1990s, when I was Prime Minister of Norway, I once found myself debating sustainable development with an opposition leader who insisted that I tell him the government’s single most important priority in that field.
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