Translation of "Delaying tactic" in German

The whole thing was a delaying tactic, while her boyfriend tried to concoct new "evidence".

Isn't that a classic delaying tactic?

Defensively, I try a delaying tactic: "It's the very first run.

This is nothing more than a delaying tactic.

Everything that has happened after 31 December seems to me a delaying tactic.

I think this is an unnecessary, and a potentially damaging, delaying tactic in the interests of the consumers of Europe, whom we represent.

Any delaying tactic would now have unmanageable and perilous consequences and could lead to the political and economic stability now achieved across the whole region between the Baltic and the Black Sea being jeopardised.

Nevertheless, these Eastern European ENP countries need to know for sure, by the EU Council and Commission, that membership is ultimately available to them and that the ENP is not just a delaying tactic to frustrate these countries' membership ambitions.

Recall that Turkey made its first application to join in 1959, and that since 1963, the European Economic Community, the forerunner to today’s EU, responded with a delaying tactic: a request for a customs agreement.

In assessing claims made in relation to the privilege against self-incrimination, the hearing officer may consider whether undertakings make clearly unfounded claims for protection merely as a delaying tactic.

In assessing claims made in relation to privilege against self-incrimination, the hearing officer may consider whether undertakings make clearly unfounded claims for protection merely as a delaying tactic.

Talk is not an end in itself, and there should be no hesitation to seek authorization for more robust measures if quiet diplomacy is being used as a delaying tactic when an earlier and more direct response could save lives and restore order.