Obliged
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Swiss banks are
obliged
by law to extend a very high degree of bank-client confidentiality to all their clients, both Swiss and foreign.
It was possible because economists are not
obliged
to make their data and programs publicly available when publishing scientific research.
In June, Antoine Zacharias, chairman and CEO of Vincy, France’s biggest public concessions and construction company, was
obliged
to resign when a majority of the board of directors judged his remuneration to be outrageous: €4.3 million in salary, a €13 million retirement bonus, a €2.2 million pension, and an estimated €173 million in stock options.
If each nuclear-power plant was
obliged
to insure against the risk that it imposes on society (within and outside the country of its location), it would face the true economic cost of its activities.
The International Court of Justice has affirmed that they are legally
obliged
to negotiate in good faith for the complete elimination of their nuclear forces.
Other Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem are cut off from the rest of the city by Israel’s so-called “security wall,” which means that their inhabitants do not receive proper municipal services, despite being
obliged
to pay city taxes.
The organization is also
obliged
to abstain from making public statements of any kind until after the results are announced, and to keep all comments and suggestions they make to electoral authorities – including their final report – strictly confidential.
When a serious issue has been brought to a company’s attention, are its managers
obliged
to address it, even if it involves the subcontractor of a subcontractor?
The more these “objective” indicators are used in research assessment and personnel evaluation, the more scientists feel
obliged
to play the citation game.
So Abe feels
obliged
to put Japan in a position to be able to help Asia’s democracies manage any crisis that may emerge in the event of a change in America’s regional presence.
To keep Greece’s banks open, and accept their government-guaranteed collateral, the ECB is
obliged
to grant Greek debt an exemption from its no-insolvency rule.
Its own prestige is high: groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are respected voices, to whom many governments feel
obliged
to pay attention.
Most of us did not vote for Trump, and we are not
obliged
to follow his lead.
France is more serious than ever about fighting ISIS, while Germany and other Europeans feel
obliged
to assist it – and to stem the flow of refugees emanating from the region.
But that should be the clear aim, with IMF assistance along the way to provide interim funding where necessary and political cover for governments
obliged
to take tough decisions on public spending and taxation.
Likewise, capital has flowed into Iceland at such a rapid clip that the International Monetary Fund felt
obliged
to warn that, “overheating risks are a clear and present concern.”
Originally, Turkey was
obliged
to meet 72 benchmarks by then, with some EU diplomats claiming that only half have been met.
The problem is that many Europeans regard the EU as either a dispenser of benefits, a bogeyman, or an albatross – not something to which they are
obliged
in any way.
After decades of feeling
obliged
to drop the collective European head in shame for what was done to the Jews, people can finally say with an element of glee that Jews can be murderers, too.
For starters, the conflicts of interests within such a eurozone might be much less acute than those that emerged during the crisis a decade ago, when creditor countries were
obliged
to bail out the debtors, which in turn felt squeezed by forced austerity.
Initially, 29 such banks were designated, together with a few insurers – none of which like the company that they are
obliged
to keep!
Its members proposed that universal banks be
obliged
to set up ring-fenced retail-banking subsidiaries with a much higher share of equity capital.
Though there was no market failure to remedy, the government obliged, introducing high import tariffs and subsidies for powerful local growers; as a result, productivity declined.
It looks as if the national teams of the two “sick men of Europe,” felt
obliged
to change their countries’ images in the world.
Obviously, they would like to do many things, but they are
obliged
to abide by the fiscal compact and the many other austerity measures.
Gore and others often argue that if the science of climate change concludes that CO2 emissions are harmful, it follows that we should stop those harmful emissions – and that we are morally
obliged
to do so.
Member states would be
obliged
to restore free movement of goods, capital, services, and people – the EU’s “four freedoms” – as quickly as possible.
Communism was obviously an instrument of Soviet domination over conquered societies, but it was also a modus vivendi for large parts of these nations under the conditions in which they were
obliged
to live.
States are
obliged
to report on implementation of the Bucharest Declaration in 2015.
We feel
obliged
to emphasize that disputes between governments are not grounds for actions against the civilian population.
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