Translation of "Grundsätzliche zustimmung" in English

Of course it presupposes basic approval for the Commission proposals

Member States have basically agreed with the main conclusions of this report.

That constitutes fundamental assent to the content of the constitutional treaty.

The Bureau agreed in principle to the organisation of a meeting of this nature.

All delegations expressed their support in principle for the Commission proposal.

For the success of this undertaking the full support of Parliament is decisive.

Agreed by the Council on 16 and 17 December.

The Bureau authorised in principle the ECO section delegation visit to China

Following this exchange of views, the Bureau gave its approval to the broad outlines of the report being examined.

This agreement in principle will be expressed by the Commission on behalf of the Community in the International Grains Council.

I welcome Mr Delors' agreement to consider our motion at sub sequent Commission meetings and also at the summit meeting in Madrid.

Heather Nauert, spokeswoman for the US Department of State, criticised the Iraqi Parliament's agreement, in principle, to the legislative initiative.

I am pleased that you fundamentally agree with the concept of the European legal framework and that you support our proposals on the responsibility for the national programmes, on clear working, timing and financial requirements, on information and on the full involvement of the general public at an early stage in every national implementation process.

Mr Caccavale was rather dismissive and I would say to him that in a meeting of the consultative commission on racism and xenophobia set up by Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand the vote in favour of the principle was 14 to 0 with 1 abstention.

The Commission, as well as the Union Administration in their joint official reply to the Court of Auditors' report, have expressed their basic agreement with its findings and recommendations.

At the informal Salzburg Council meeting of 5 and 6 September, the Foreign Ministers cautiously welcomed Milosevic's acceptance in principle of an interim agreement of this nature.

Mr President, I shall urge the Council to look again at the aspects raised by the amendments in the hope that it will accept this in principle, if necessary with certain adjustments in drafting.

Although we did not agree with the rapporteur on a number of points, which we consider exaggerated, we tried, by taking a differentiated approach during the vote, to make it clear that basically we approve the main thrust (' ...against racism and xenophobia' ).

Despite this agreement of principle, however, there are always specific reservations once a proposal is actually drafted and tabled.

The agreement in principle to a cease-fire given to the contact group by President Gbagbo and by the rebels would allow for a certain optimism in putting a cease-fire in place, although nothing had been signed on 4 October.

During World War I, he lived in London, where he was a leading advocate for the Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which the British government declared its support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

In conclusion, the Economic and Social Committee is in basic agreement with the Commission Communication, but would draw the attention of the Council to the various points and reservations made in this opinion which, if not proposing a different approach, might be helpful in carrying forward the study of the Commission's proposal.

In addition, the Bureau agreed in principle to the drawing up of an own-initiative opinion by the TEN section on "social dumping" in this area, which would be presented at the March 2015 plenary session.

The Bureau agreed in principle to an increase in the membership of the CCMI, by adding three additional EESC members and three delegates.

The Committee has repeatedly commented on this issue, and voiced its fundamental approval of the Community's goals and action in the Opinions of March 1984 and June 1986.

In the fight against terrorism, the Council agreed in December to the principle of the proposal for a framework Decision presented by the Commission in September.

The Bureau also confirmed its agreement in principle for the setting up of four 12-member study groups, responsible for drawing up information reports on: