Translation of "Political competition" in German

This severely reduced the scope for meaningful political competition.

Democracy means that political differences are resolved via political competition.

In Community legislation and its underlying political philosophy, competition is not an end in itself.

This development represents a challenge to parties that, in political competition, must declare their manifest protest.

This is chiefly due to a lack of a truly European political discourse and visible political competition at the EU level.

In this regard, Dmitry Medvedev considers it necessary to raise the level of political competition.

Anyone who wants pluralism and political competition should ensure that the election standards declared by the Council of Europe are adhered to and should allow long-term election observation by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) at the earliest stage.

Therefore, I believe it would be worth our while putting the Cambodian Government under political pressure to make it reconsider the manner in which it is proceeding and its treatment of political opponents, and generate conditions for free and correct political competition.

Poland was a much bigger problem before, because it did not have a solvent government and I believe that, although there always has to be a degree of political competition, we must support Poland, which now has a strong government with a clear desire to take part in the future of Europe.

The situation in Aceh is naturally complicated, involving as it does diametrically opposed political visions, competition for gas and oil resources and a population that, for a long time, has been denied the autonomy promised during the war of independence.

This is no surprise as it is a repressive regime which shows no tolerance for political competition.

A statute of this nature would strengthen democratic control, foster political competition within Parliament, and free European parties from strictly parliamentary duties, in order to bring them up to speed with the various dynamics of the European public arena.

It encourages the Iraqi authorities to engage with all those who renounce violence and to create a political atmosphere conducive to national reconciliation and political competition through peaceful means.

Instead of leading change in a globalizing world, the continent has turned into an arena of political upheaval, competition for spheres of influence, and military conflict.

Allowing free elections and true political competition is also critically important, but this should follow economic reforms, not precede them.

In the absence of open political competition, Putin has built a system of checks and balances within the elite.

Political competition makes it necessary for all politicians, whatever their age, to stay on their toes, anticipate new problems, and remain open to new ideas aimed at addressing them.

True, many African countries currently suffer from instability, state failure, regional strife, violent internal political competition, and other assorted ills, including, massacres and large-scale brutality, civil war, massive movements of refugees, economic disruption, and environmental damage.

Ukraine’s move toward a European model of economic and political competition, Putin feared, would spur similar demands in Russia.

These "outsiders" were often neglected in Europe's traditional political competition, and their demands received little or no attention.

Several challenges need to be overcome, however, to allow this industry to grow further, e.g. in terms of political recognition, competition, infrastructure, innovation, and regulation/administration.

This growth in political scandals linked to the financing of these entities is due in part to the following factors: growing bureaucratisation of organisations, increasing costs of campaign expenditures, a change in the nature of political competition through greater use of the media or the declining role of the state as a public service provider and competition for state contracts.

It is highly technical in nature, and with economic and financial content that cannot always be easily understood, but also has political and competition aspects that could have significant effects on the future of the markets.

I would also take him at his word and propose that we reach an agreement between the Commission, the Commissioner responsible and the com mittee on how we can achieve transparency, as well as an agreement that more time should be set aside for this debate on the annual report on competition, so that we have a chance to make a proper political assessment of competition policy over the previous year.