Translation of "Aus eigeninteresse" in English

This is a man who, out of self-interest, has attacked a peaceful neighbouring country.

That he married me for his own interests!

House did something solely out of self-interest?

How could I abandon morality and justice for the sake of self-interest?”

One begins by acting out of self-interest, and suddenly this horizon is transcended.

The banks themselves have also implemented numerous measures in their own interest.

Just asking out of self-interest.

Out of its own self-interest, Germany took on an increased responsibility for Europe – in order to profit economically in the future.

On the basis of what we hope will be democratic change in the Arab countries, we Europeans have an interest in supporting civil society, democratic structures and the move to parliamentary democracy in these states and, therefore, we need flexible funding to promote democracy throughout the world in our own well-understood interests.

The Commission trusts that, in its own well-understood interests, the bank will continue this process with as much determination as in the past.

If nothing else, Ministers should support those proposals out of self-interest because it will considerably ease their job and their responsibility of keeping the lights on and the gas flowing.

If not out of solidarity today, it will be out of self-interest later, given the size of these markets and the size of their debts and the exposure of Central European banks to them.

In its own interest, the EU should pay greater attention to this factor in future and, in its understanding of how the Ukraine fits into the world economy, should also bear in mind that other CIS states are engaged in a similar process.

In short, I urge Member States to make every effort to commit to good food, which is fundamental to human life, not only simply out of self-interest, but because it is within our remit and because we have received the resources for this purpose.

We must not, however, negotiate solely on the basis of our own interests but also on the basis of the interests of other countries and other parts of the world.

Acting out of self-interest, the richest, most democratic countries tend to prioritise support to regimes that guarantee supplies of gas and oil and attempt at domestic level to destroy the movements that conflict most with Western interests.

We wish the French Council Presidency every success at the negotiations in Riyadh, on which occasion, as I see it, these States would do well to ensure that oil prices do not rocket any higher, if only for reasons of self-interest.

Madam President, after that intervention inspired by naked self-interest, may I come back to more important matters of the day.

And by punishing those who exacerbate risks for the sake of their own interests, we would strengthen the legitimacy of global governance and the institutions that are meant to conduct it.

But it seems unconscionable that the ECB would delegate to a secret committee of self-interested market participants the right to determine what is an acceptable debt restructuring.

Contrary to common misperceptions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel acted on the basis of moral values, not demographic self-interest, in letting in about one million refugees this year.

Contemporary economists’ mechanical models imply that self-interested market participants would not bid housing and other asset prices to clearly excessive levels in the run-up to the crisis.

You don't work in your self-interest all the time, because when emotion comes into it, the wiring changes in the way it functions.

It also helps to prevent the use of false self-employed persons for the self-interested outsourcing of public services lacking guarantees and of low quality, thereby undermining the social protection of beneficiaries.

It also helps to prevent the emergence of practices promoting the self-interested outsourcing of low-quality public services lacking performance guarantees and of low quality, thereby undermining the social protection of beneficiaries.

This situation affects not only the developing countries, but also impacts on the developed countries, so that the Commission's initiative is particularly important and even a matter of conscious self-interest.

In recital 114 it was concluded that the subordination and waiver of claims by WAK was done purely out of self interest and in accordance with the private creditor test and that there therefore was no State aid to GfW.