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But most still believe that protecting society and the environment from the wider effects of the energy business should take priority over the industry’s development and broader economic growth.
Willingly or not, priority is being given to spending cuts.
National security is not given the priority it deserves, despite growing threats.
Moreover, the highest priority for central banks can no longer be to maintain their credibility as guardians of price stability, but rather their credibility as guardians of the financial system’s stability and soundness.
Health education through public media, reaching distant areas of the country, is an urgent priority, but has been utterly ignored in favor of commercial priorities.
The fight against maternal mortality in Afghanistan must become a global priority.
The order says that when the refugee program resumes, the Secretary of State shall, “to the extent permitted by law,” give priority to refugee claims on the basis of membership of a persecuted religious minority.
Although the order itself does not mention any specific religion, Trump said in a television interview that he wanted to give priority to Christians.
Since the launch of the Barcelona Process in 1995, EU Mediterranean policy has been criticized for not linking financial aid to democratic reform, and for giving priority to European concerns like immigration, security, and cooperation on counter-terrorism.
Renminbi internationalization should not be a policy priority.
Sweden has made migration and asylum policy a high priority, while Norway is concerned about the fate of migrants in Greece.
French policymakers should give priority to a new growth model, based on greater flexibility and security for employees, and a leaner, more effective state.
Looking ahead, the top priority should be to tackle the outstanding issues with everyone at the table, leaving taboos at the door.
Cultivating India as a reliable partner in the global economy and in international affairs is a high priority for the US as well.
In their analysis, priority must be given to helping Russia.
Keeping the currency relatively stable was considered a higher priority than preventing the loss of foreign reserves.
Strauss-Kahn, a former French finance minister and contender for the Socialist nomination for the French presidency, has pushed through changes that allow the IMF to lend without conditions in some circumstances, and to give greater priority to protecting social safety nets (including unemployment benefits and healthcare systems).
The report, like the Gates Foundation’s similar list of “Grand Challenges” in global health, highlights a new global priority: promoting advanced technologies for sustainable development.
As long as each remains convinced that no alternative to cooperation exists within the EU, and that European cooperation remains a priority for both, it should not be overly difficult to restore their leadership.
Indeed, it might appear disproportionate to give higher priority to encouraging overtime than to stimulating employment.
Relations with North Korea remain the central priority, and always the greatest danger.
Indeed, in closing their skies, European governments seem to have given safety absolute priority over everything else.
We don’t do it, because we give safety a lower priority than our desire to spend less time driving.
Now that we have seen the costs of giving absolute priority to safety, we know that this is not only a technical question.
And, although Asia is now America’s strategic priority, Europe is still the partner with which Americans have the most in common.
Conversely, another highly recommended development priority, improved access to contraception and family planning, is strongly supported by the left and often opposed by the right.
But surely addressing hunger in the most cost-efficient way should be a top global priority.
Many prominent Jordanians believe that our reliance on Iraqi markets and oil ought to be the basis of a priority alliance.
Maintaining the status quo is their priority, despite the international cost to Jordan's reputation or the consequences for the Iraqi people.
It should be a top priority for policymakers to ensure that patent offices have the financial and human resources needed to grant business-method patents judiciously, and that they do not award patents to obvious or merely incremental ideas.
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