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Surely that means that inflation is just
round
the corner unless the money is withdrawn fast, right?
Instead, government policies since the end of the war have targeted opponents and critics, possibly laying the foundation for a new
round
of conflict.
First and foremost, the EU must, at the latest during the Swedish presidency in the first half of 2001, set a definite timetable for the first
round
of enlargement.
Inspired by the recollection of EMU’s two target dates, we suggest that EU leaders should say: ‘The first
round
of enlargement will happen, if all the conditions can be met in time, on 1 January 2003.
And, incidentally, that first
round
must include Poland, which is the most difficult but also the most important country in the leading group of applicants.
But voter turnout in the latest presidential election (80% in the first round, and 81% in the second round) leaves no doubt: our current system is strong, and we French are attached to it.
Mugabe's challengers would have been given the upper hand in the political conflict, and it might have been taken for granted inside Zimbabwe and the SADC that Mugabe would not and should not contest this
round
of elections.
Strong political commitments are needed to provide the aid that is needed to accelerate progress, and to secure success for the Doha trade
round
that is so crucial for developing countries' longer-term prospects.
Many foreign commentators condemned the devaluation as a blatant attempt to boost Chinese exports – a move that would, they warned, spark a new
round
of currency wars.
But this irrevocable commitment to defeat terrorism does not preclude us from also prudently pursuing a solution to the conflict through dialogue – while avoiding mistakes made in an earlier
round
of talks, during which a prolonged cease-fire allowed the FARC to regain some strength.
American officials have likened this strategy to negotiating with terrorists, and point to a previous
round
of negotiations that did nothing to stop violence in the tribal areas.
MILAN – The first
round
of the French election turned out much as expected: the centrist Emmanuel Macron finished first, with 24% of the vote, rather narrowly beating the right-wing National Front’s Marine Le Pen, who won 21.3%.
Among 18-34-year-olds, Mélenchon – who has so far declined to endorse Macron for the second
round
– received roughly 27% of the vote.
But this figure may be optimistic, because it probably doesn't adequately factor in the costs of a possible war in Iraq, nor another
round
of tax cuts, nor the risk of higher interest rates in the years ahead.
The IMF learned this in 1997, when an inadequate bailout of South Korea forced a second
round
of negotiations.
Instead, Fillon, a former prime minister under Sarkozy, emerged from the first
round
with a commanding lead, winning 44% of the vote.
If no leftist candidate makes it to the second round, voters on the left could cast their votes for “Republican unity,” as they did in 2002, when they handed Chirac a landslide victory over Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Leftist voters would have preferred Juppé, and will likely tolerate Fillon, but they comprised only 15% of total voters in the first
round
of the Republican primary, so they may not have the same impact in 2017 as they did in 2002.
Given the current political field, Fillon will most likely face Le Pen in the presidential election’s second
round
next May.
Fillon, however, is projected to win the second
round
with 67% of the vote.
Likewise, a binding and enforceable deal on Iran’s nuclear program could encourage progress at this spring’s Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference toward instituting firm commitments to implement the action items agreed upon at the 2010
round
– in particular, establishing a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East.
They were convicted for financial crimes in a 2004 trial, but in August faced a fresh
round
of charges, including tax evasion and embezzlement.
While the rhetoric of commitment to the
round
remains, in practice there has been a surrender to defensive lobbies clinging to the status quo.
A substantial immediate haircut on the sovereign debt of the vulnerable eurozone countries would be so destructive that it would set off a new
round
of bank panics.
Most importantly, American and European leadership is required to avoid a lurch into protectionism and the consequent killing off of the Doha trade
round.
In other words, unlike the preceding wave of digital technology, which motivated firms to gain access to and deploy underutilized pools of valuable labor around the world, the driving force in this
round
is cost reduction via the replacement of labor.
If the central bank is to avoid an inflation spiral, it must ensure that the “first round” effects of higher energy prices on inflation do not fuel such “second round” effects.
But the latest
round
of dollar hikes tested industry to the core.
As a result, during World War Two, even as the Germans were asking their Japanese allies to
round
up Jews and hand them over, dinners were held in Japanese-occupied Manchuria to celebrate Japanese-Jewish friendship.
The French Rally to the RepublicPARIS – Before the second
round
of France’s regional elections on Sunday, most predictions suggested that five, perhaps six, of the country’s regional governments would fall into the hands of the National Front (FN).
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