Translation of "Standpunkt verteidigen" in English

Make eye contact when you want to prove a point.

So they are forced to sort of scramble for any other reason that they can think of to argue their case.

If you believe something is right, you have to do it if you want to live with yourself.

It would be something of a miracle if Haaretz failed to defend the standpoint of the United States.

Exposed at a public forum the respondent is almost forced to defend her or his position.

Be ready to that before the administration you should argue your point of view.

Naturally we are defending our position today forcefully, but through dialogue and not conflict.

Everyone will defend his point of view.

Firstly, we must maintain and reiterate our firm position because what the Americans have decided on and propose to enforce is unacceptable to us.

We must unite to defend our point of view, which is all the more justified as this programme is open to associated countries from Central and Eastern Europe, to Cyprus, to Malta and to Turkey.

We can only defend high moral ground and prevent alienation from our societies and our way of living if we remain faithful to our values of democracy and the rule of law.

In such a situation, when a country like the United States has flouted the law, the only course of action open for the Community is to defend its position from within the law.

If it does lead to a challenge under the WTO rules then we from the European Union will have to argue our corner vigorously.

I wish to defend Parliament' s position, which this House voted for a few months ago in relation to the Eurodac Agreement.

Europe should defend that position, and we must make it an absolute priority to reform the United Nations and make it a truly effective and representative platform.

However, the European Community would be in a good position to defend its case, and the present dialogue makes this eventuality unlikely.

That is necessary to confidently defend a solution in a discussion against an opposing team or to try to find weaknesses in the presentation of another team.

The mere fact that high-level Russians reappeared in Davos to defend themselves may be a small but healthy sign.

This might seem obvious, but one side effect of having strong beliefs is that we sometimes assume that the value of our position is or should be obvious and self-evident, that we shouldn't have to defend our positions because they're so clearly right and good that if someone doesn't get it, it's their problem -- that it's not my job to educate them.

And I still believe that there's truth in my work... test or no test. When you believe in something, that's what you've got to do, isn't it? If you want to live with yourself.

Be that as it may, the Socialists will make their position clear on this subject and Mr Willockx will no doubt be seeking to defend such a stance.

The 1976 Act was adopted on the basis of Article 138(3) of the Eu ropean Community Treaty on the basis of a draft drawn up by the European Parliament which made no reference to the particular case of Gibraltar.