Translation of "Einen standpunkt einzunehmen" in English

This does not mean adopting an opposite position.

It invites Member States to adopt a coordinated position to this end.

Oh, so... You've decided to take a moral and.

Taking a different perspective can lead to Ideas!

But in so doing Parliament has an obligation to put forward a clear position of its own.

They repeatedly failed to take a revolutionary anti-imperialist stand.

I would ask the Commission and Council to adopt a preliminary position at this stage.

It is time for each of you to step to the fore, take a stand and be heard.

That attachment, that clinging, makes it extremely difficult to have a free and open viewpoint.

I call upon the Commission and my fellow Members to adopt a firm stance on this, in accordance with the European Parliament's resolution of March 2009.

Mr President, I hope that this Parliament and the groups which, based on their own convictions, can muster a better position, will take a clearer stance in this respect.

I call on the EU Member States to take a balanced stand and play the role of negotiator rather than taking sides in different conflict situations.

I am similarly pleased that Member States have managed to reach agreement at all and present a common position, even though reaching agreement among the 27 Member States is no easy task.

Although some countries are still living in the Middle Ages as regards compliance with human rights standards, Europe would be well advised to give up on adopting too arrogant a stance.

It is virtually impossible for the Member States to reach agreement and put forward a single, agreed position on events of this magnitude.

We still have problems with regard to the fact that we have a Commission that is supposed to be the guardian of the Treaty and take a stand with regard to the problems with Hungary's media law.

I think that it would be well-advised to take a clear position, so that we can arrive at a text together, something which seems necessary to everyone and, if it is to be adopted in the assembly, it has to be sufficiently clear and not contain any of the fatal ambiguities that it did in the recent past.

I believe that the European Parliament is planning to adopt its opinion by March 2010 at the latest, which I find regrettable.

I urge my fellow MEPs to resist this pressure and take a pro-health stance by supporting traffic light and alcohol labelling in tomorrow's vote.

I therefore call on the Commission to adopt an authoritative position so as to safeguard European quality production.

As the main rapporteur for the European Union budget for 2010 for the other institutions, I asked the Council in the trialogues on 30 June to take a stance over the amending budget relating to the consequences of the Treaty of Lisbon for the European Economic and Social Committee and for the Committee on the Regions.

I cannot believe that it is right that the Legal Affairs Committee should come in on this occasion and give a different view and that the Environment Committee, which is the lead committee in these circumstances, should be dissuaded from taking the view that it took on the first reading.

Putting on my second, my national, hat, I would say that France has argued strongly for this section to be a substantial one, but I have seen that many other Member States desired the same thing, which this Presidency can only welcome.

But what really appals me - and here I refer to the Council in particular - is that it is already two years since Parliament expressed its opinion at the first reading of the only instrument which would allow us to deal effectively with these issues, the information and consultation directive, and in these two years, despite the general agreement that dialogue is the best way to deal with problems, the Council has not yet been able to summon up the courage or the strength to adopt a position on the matter.

To tell you the truth, I have been rather embarrassed over the past few weeks about the attitude of the Dutch Government. It has wavered long, far too long, over adopting a final stance and abandoning the veto.

It is very important for the EU to speak with one voice when addressing human rights issues, and we call on the Commission and Council to adopt a common position so as to ensure EU Member States automatically sign and ratify all international human rights instruments.

I have first-hand experience of the uncomfortable feeling one is left with if one adopts a stance that deviates from theirs.

We shall continue in our efforts to get those in charge at the European Commission and in the Council to take a stand at long last which will do away with the accountant's approach in favour of an approach which puts people first.

We therefore feel that this report represents an opportunity lost by the majority of this House, within the scope of its powers, to assume a humanist position and to clearly fight for a policy which could bring an end to intellectual property rights in the pharmaceutical sector.

The Dutch delegation from the Socialist Group in the European Parliament reserves the right to adopt a different position in spring when it comes to the definitive decision on Romania’s accession, for instance if it should emerge that Romania’s new government has not kept its promises.