Translation of "Politische willkür" in English

The rule of law has triumphed here over political arbitrariness.

A further major complication is the fact that the Baltic States had only loose economic ties with each other in previous decades because the structure of trade within the former USSR, or, to be more exact, within COMECON, was determined more by arbitrary political action than by the desire to achieve an economically sound and efficient division of labour.

It is the duty of the (Islamic) Movement in the coming phase tostand firm against totalitarian and dictatorial rule, political despotism and usurpation of people’s rights .

Political arbitrariness, violence, murder and terror for more then twenty years combined with a shattered economy left deep wounds.

In seven parts, the racial and political persecution suffered by these people at the hands of the Nazi regime is told.

They both became socialists after being democrats, and the democratic feeling of hatred for political despotism was exceedingly strong in them.

From that time onwards, relations between all peoples were to be controlled not by arbitrary political and military acts, not by power, but by the law.

Fragile countries or regions are characterised by weak or unstable institutions, poverty, violence, corruption and political arbitrariness.

Railway competitiveness versus road transport and also versus the global competitiveness of Europe depends very much on the internal architecture of our railways: getting rid of privileges, getting rid of political interference and all these things.

The entire development smacks of politically motivated arbitrariness.

In the name oft he king, the minister pronounces a general amnesty and the end of political despotism.

The political persecution, gratuitous violence, hunger, suffering and the deaths of many citizens are Mugabe's recent 'work', which need to go down in the annals of history.

The absolutely key issues for us, therefore, are that the appropriate conditions are created, for example, by us having clear access to the documents in good time in order to take the necessary decisions and, secondly, that no procedures are operated on the basis of a 'common understanding', but that instead we have agreements that are fixed and which cannot be subject to political arbitrariness or the political agenda of the day.

Even Mr Berend says that it is incomprehensible that the Commission can make an arbitrary political assessment, thus calling into question the credentials of the institution that has produced this proposal.

We therefore send out a very clear appeal to the Philippines: a) to uphold the moratorium, b) to review the thousand or so trials, many of which are of dubious legality with miscarriages of justice and political caprice, and c) to abolish the death penalty in general, for it can play no part in enforcing the rule of law.

We must avoid at all costs arbitrary political judgments that might lead to differing assessments based on the size of the country.

I am convinced that it will involve finding a system that defines and governs Parliament's composition according to objective criteria, irrespective of political caprice.

Belarus still has the death penalty, political prisoners, arbitrary arrests, media censorship, violence and restrictions on access to the internet.

However, serious concern remains about the human rights situation in Libya, including restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly, political prisoners, arbitrary detention and conditions in Libyan prisons.