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Macron won the French presidency not by appropriating veiled nationalist-populist messages, as Mark Rutte did to hold on to power in the Netherlands, but by championing a positive and robust pro-European platform.
On a positive note, the Decade of Roma Inclusion, established in 2005, is receiving strong support from the structural funds administered by the European Commission and is making some inroads.
Conditionality of this sort would be positive, local, and non-punitive; it would serve as a carrot, not a stick.
This could be a positive reminder that the DPRK is seeking to pursue some of the agreements contained in that declaration.
An alternative paradigm would have to combine realism with a positive global vision.
They would need to muster evidence that the transition to a low-carbon economy is both technically feasible and profitable, yielding positive effects not only for the climate, but also for energy prices and security of supply.
Superficially, it describes the positive aspects of democracy: the greatest degree of freedom compatible with social justice.
Nonetheless, the EU’s foreign-policy performance in 2012 was positive overall.
For example, Spain’s exports have grown without producing tangible positive effects on the country’s trade balance.
However, barring any major economic bumps, the changes will have a positive impact, as capital allocation becomes more efficient.
Without money, presumably, some more positive human qualities would be needed.
My interpretation of the World Bank’s record is that its role has been most consistently positive when it helps countries with “soft” development infrastructure: technical assistance and serving as a global knowledge bank.
The relatively few major positive growth surprises in the past 50 years have almost all been in Asian countries that focused initially on exporting cheap manufactured goods and then found ways to improve quality and offer more sophisticated products.
But the reality is that free trade, guided by international rules and standards, has a net positive macroeconomic impact.
When she starting saying positive things about Hitler, Microsoft turned her off and deleted her most offensive messages.
While some positive steps have lately been taken, the Trump administration, with its incoherent policy approach, may yet squander this opportunity.
There is every reason to expect Annan to resume his good offices soon and to bring the question to a positive conclusion well before Turkey’s possible entry into the EU around 2015.
The first climate litigation to win a positive decision was Urgenda Foundation v.
But, with few jobs being created, a positive incentive has turned into a source of great anxiety.
But net foreign purchases of US stocks for the first ten months of 2003 are still positive (although down about 90% from the same period of 2000, the bubble-peak year).
Integration was a choice – and a positive one.
Today’s uncertainty, magnified by signs that the UK economy’s positive momentum is waning, would remain the stuff of nightmares.
Nevertheless, beneath the turmoil and scandal of the last few days, one can glimpse positive signs.
But discussions of the Chinese economy’s imbalances and vulnerabilities tend to neglect some of the more positive elements of its structural evolution, particularly the government’s track record of prompt corrective intervention, and the substantial state balance sheet that can be deployed, if necessary.
There are early, positive signs that it is adopting a "Brazilian," as opposed to an "Indian," strategy within the WTO.
Indeed, one positive achievement by European leaders at the recent Brussels summit was to begin the process of reining in both the ECB and the power of the American ratings agencies.
Some experiments have had less clear results, making, say, a positive contribution to GDP growth, but also contributing to problems like excess industrial capacity, pollution, corruption, and the creation of ghost towns.
Iraq is showing some positive signs of political and institutional recovery, but the omens for the future remain, in Obama’s own words, “messy.”
From the third quarter of 2009, growth was positive in every quarter, save two.
Moreover, the tax cuts that Trump signed into law at the end of 2017 will have very little positive impact on growth.
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