Translation of "Hände in unschuld waschen" in English

How long can the Commission wash its hands of this?

They literally cannot wash their hands of this matter now.

No one can wash their hands of a tragedy such as this.

We cannot wash our hands of them.

Then you can wash your hands of me.

So, do I just wash my hands of him?

Can we play Pontius Pilate and wash our hands?

It doesn't, because you're just gonna wash your hands of it, aren't you?

Moreover, the free-market camp cannot simply wash its hands of its responsibility.

I make a plea: you cannot play Pontius Pilot with this and wash your hands of the problem.

It didn’t help, but we can wash our hands of it’.

It cannot behave like Pontius Pilate and simply wash its hands of the matter.

Should we "wash our hands of it" and withdraw into ourselves?

But the West can hardly wash its hands in innocence, the Catholic daily Avvenire admonishes:

It's not a good signal from Europe that the EU partners are washing their hands in innocence.

Would the European Commission prefer to wash its hands of this matter than to guarantee actual European-wide monitoring, ad hoc inspections by European inspectors and European supervision?

You cannot wash your hands of it and say 'Oh well, that is the individual responsibility of the Member State' .

Mr President, I cannot disagree with much of what Mr Katiforis said, but I would like to say that at this time it would be wrong to let Russia remain in a state of decline and continual disaster and 'wash our hands', saying that the issue has been played out.

Regardless of the circumstances whereby EU funds are disbursed, we cannot wash our hands and hope for the best.

The time has come for some members of the Council to stop playing Pontius Pilate and washing their hands.

I am sorry to have to say to the Commissioner that I do not think the Commission can entirely wash its hands of responsibility for the way this situation has developed.

Our European governments cannot disclaim responsibility, as the Temporary Committee of the European Parliament on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners established in its report in February 2007.

We on this side of the House are not prepared to play Pontius Pilate, washing our hands of the problem.

A great deal of your text has been incorporated into the report, and I think it disgraceful that you are now washing your hands of it!

It seems to me that this shows the European Union wants to wash its hands, because it is easier that way, because, in fact, many Member States, whose representatives are Members of this Parliament, prefer to do business with Beijing, and it would not be convenient for them to express an opinion or speak about China.

This form of exploitation takes place because the employers, i.e. the families that the domestic helps work for, can claim complete innocence, given the lack of legislation.

Can we continue to utter empty mantras in the style of the United Nations, while washing our hands of the hordes of refugees expelled from Abkhazia by invading Russians?