Translation of "Schwache position" in English

The European Union cannot continue to maintain a weak position.

The weak fiscal position will severely constrain whatever government comes to power.

Yet without IST access it will be socially vulnerable.

Otherwise the Community's position seems to us quite shaky.

Banerjee's fragile political position may leave him vulnerable to criticism on the world stage.

I was particularly shocked by the weak position of the German Minister of Agriculture Aigner.

Thus TM automatically ends up in a weak position.

It is clear that they have a very weak position.

We decided that this was an erroneous position.

Early (weak) positionis an unenviable place to be at the poker table.

The structure of the trade relation with Japan makes the position of the Community vulnerable.

France has a relatively weak position both in Asia and other European countries.

The weak position, referred to by Mac Lane, was at Black Mountain College.

This is to take into account the weak position of third world countries in the international trading system.

The position of the individual Member States is fairly weak within a multilateral trading system, certainly since the advent of the World Trade Organisation.

Third, it highlights the weak position of Europe due to increasing energy dependence on Russia and the delay in ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.

The weakness of the European Union's position cannot be attributed, in our opinion, to the Committee on Fisheries or to Mrs Bonino, but is due to the attitude of certain States within the Council.

At the same time, it is important that the devious employers who exploit people in a vulnerable position know that punishment and sanctions can be meted out anywhere in the EU.

By accepting the greatest number possible of such amendments, I am thereby seeking the greatest consistency possible in terms of what we are voting today, since we will thereby avoid Parliament's occupying a weak position, which would not help this matter in any way.

Hence, even if grants under European programmes manage to reach small enterprises, they cannot be used to advantage, because each of these enterprises is in an extremely weak position on the capitalist market.

Perhaps the same can be said for the still weak position occupied by women in the development policy of the European Union, which I believe must continue to strive to fulfil its commitments.

The members of the EU have committed themselves to a common position in favour of national reconciliation, democracy and human rights, but in practice the EU Member States are divided, producing a weak and ineffective position that is having no effect on the regime in Burma.

Today, the members of parliament from the different countries represented are pointing out their weak position and their marginalisation in the current type of political system.