Principle
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This means establishing a better balance between EU and national responsibilities; fully respecting the subsidiarity
principle
(according to which the EU should act only if a problem cannot be resolved at the local, regional, or national levels); improving the efficiency of spending and channeling it toward growth and job creation; reducing bureaucracy through better legislation; easing regulatory and administrative burdens; and enhancing transparency in every aspect of EU decision-making – from the Commission to the European Parliament.
The open economic space and the
principle
of solidarity helped ensure that economically less developed countries that joined the European Economic Community and, later, the European Union, progressed at an astonishing pace, enhancing the living standards of their peoples.
Such a speech will encourage no one to “bear any burden” for the sake of any universal
principle
or challenge, be it human rights or global warming.
As much as one might wish otherwise, every other policy option canvassed so far is wrong in principle, nonviable in practice, unlikely to be effective, or bound to increase rather than diminish suffering.
That principle, unanimously agreed by the UN General Assembly in 2005, has been successfully invoked elsewhere, including in support of diplomatic intervention in Kenya in 2008.
For some American voters, fairness is based on the
principle
of “the ability to pay”; the rich should be taxed at higher rates because they can afford it more easily.
Instead, EU enlargement is being carried out according to what might be described as the
principle
of "asymmetrical integration."
In principle, Germany could try to boost domestic demand by leveraging up; but, unless the exchange rate adjusts upward to shrink the tradable sector at the margin, doing so would be inflationary.
In principle, with a healthier financial system, Japan’s economy would have had more flexibility to meet these challenges to its productivity growth.
So far, Obama’s handling of the Snowden affair shows that he places more stock in the logic of security than in adherence to
principle.
In principle, QE has nothing to do with sovereign solvency.
To overcome this bottleneck, the IMF has compromised, by reviving the practice of approving a financing program “in principle.”
An approval in
principle
signals the Fund’s endorsement of a country’s economic policy intentions.
In the meantime, both sides would be well advised to undertake a careful analysis of previous experiences with programs that were approved in principle, rather than becoming immediately operational.
Weisel claimed not to understand, so I explained: A majority of congressional Democrats supported the
principle
that the United States should sign trade agreements only with countries that are democracies.
By addressing all of these concerns together, the international community can uphold the
principle
of shared prosperity through shared responsibility, which is at the heart of the UN’s 2030 sustainable development agenda.
France, in this light, becomes, once again, the spearhead of a new European Revolution – a revolution based not on the principles of “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité,” but on the pleasure
principle.
But that is merely an alibi that allows the French to claim that they have nothing against reform in principle, but that the reforms being proposed are riddled with injustice.
A rising great power like China taking on a proactive global role is, in principle, a positive development.
Every user, in principle, has a legitimate claim to being a de facto shareholder.
Indeed, it is patently clear from his own words that Yanukovych does not accept the legitimacy of the Orange Revolution, which means that he does not accept the bedrock
principle
of democracy that you cannot cheat your way to power.
It is as if the United States unilaterally decided that NATO’s
principle
of collective defense was now conditional on doing whatever the American government dictated.
In 1991, the
principle
that only a politically negotiated division of Yugoslavia would be recognized was abandoned.
European and other high-income countries, including the United States, must meet their obligation, in accordance with the “polluter pays” principle, to provide Africa with new, accessible, dependable, and reliable funding to support mitigation and adaptation strategies in areas such as disaster risk reduction, renewable energy, technology, and skill development.
The unfettered creation of money by large private banks has generated overwhelming instability, undermining the fundamental
principle
that money creation should serve the public good.
But what is at stake in the Iraq debate is not so much a vision of the future as a moral
principle.
Only then can any credence be given to its stated position – not unattractive in
principle
– in favor of resource-sharing arrangements for disputed territory pending final resolution of competing claims.
As a general
principle
of foreign policy, China believes that national borders are sacrosanct.
The government should gradually increase the retirement age for new workers, crack down on evasion of social-security contributions, and accept the no-deficit
principle
for supplementary pension funds.
This belief is based on a
principle
called “Pareto optimality,” which assumes that the people who gain higher incomes can always compensate the losers.
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