Translation of "Grundlage entbehren" in English

But in that case, the staff concerned would have no justifiable need of trade unions?

The problem has already been brought to the attention of the au­thorised joint collection agencies (Organismes paritaires collecteurs agréés - OPCA) which are to be kept abreast of the 'indications' charac­terising sectarian practice:

That these accusations are baseless is shown by all comparative studies on the topic.

Look closer at these claims, and you find that they are built on sand.

The Commission is astonished by these unfounded accusations.

75 dB(A), therefore, appears to be without secure foundation.

I therefore invite Mr Ford to inform himself better before making unfounded insinuations, and in any case I invite the President, or whoever is responsible, to investigate the incident fully.

The Commission would note that, inasmuch as they seek to show that the shareholder loan taken in isolation and disregarding the events preceding it satisfies the prudent investor test, the French authorities' comments might seem at first sight not to be altogether without foundation.

Unfortunately, the Commission proposal was also used as an opportunity to table certain amendments that seriously impinge on national civil law and have no real basis.

Their strategy is clear: facile, emotive arguments which the general public accepts without any information as to the correct legal basis.

As regards Commissioner Barrot's reference to Romania, accusations have been made in the past without any basis.

The issue of potentially acceptable claims on the labels or advertising of types of food is very important because it can lead to false expectations or to the adoption of behaviour that has no scientific basis.

It is rather irresponsible to wave today at citizens, Member States and taxpayers in the European Union, what are - in my view - estimates with no real basis on the costs of the CAP post-enlargement.

I recommend that in future you stand by the Rules of this House and ensure that such assertions, not based on fact, are not made.

For the rest, I am most obliged to you for raising this question here, because the fact of the matter is that eurosceptics in the Czech Republic keep spreading these false reports in the international press and there is absolutely no foundation for them.

Again and again, in this Chamber and in committees, we have pointed out that these allegations are totally without foundation.

Furthermore, there are very clear indications that the Commission's proposals, in structural terms, lack a reasonable basis and at times verge on the absurd.

It is unacceptable for this Parliament to issue legislation for which any basis is lacking, while current legislation is sufficient and as long as there is no proof demonstrating the need for new legislation.

We should not let ourselves be carried away by the wishful thinking of pacifists who would like to rid the world of wars and arms, as such fancies lack any basis in reality.

For far too long consumers have been influenced by marketing and advertising, much of which was without any basis.

The difference this time compared to previous occasions, however, is that we have filmed evidence demonstrating that the Chinese authorities' attempts to deny these events are deceitful and that, at the same time, the Xinhua news agency's attempts to show that this action was in self-defence is entirely without foundation.

If I interpret your answer correctly, you are saying that there is no justification for the references to the EU's visa regulations made by the French, Danish and, now most recently, the Swedish Governments when President Chen Shui-bian was refused a visa after he had received an invitation on a private basis.

After more than one year of discussion in the Committee on Legal Affairs, I can say simply that the arguments levelled against its report lack foundation and are more the result of intimidation and demagoguery than of basic reasoning.

Consequently, we should stop wasting any more time on this. Imagine if Member States were to set dates at this stage which are at the moment not based on fact.

I therefore call for Amendments Nos 8 and 9 to be rejected. I believe they lack sound scientific basis.

First of all, our two amendments aim to correct statements in the report regarding fisheries in Galicia that are inaccurate and made rashly, without any basis, and could do a great deal of damage in the future.