Translation of "Verantworten können" in English

I felt that it was my duty to do this.

This shall not apply to any cases for which we are not responsible.

We must be able to take responsibility for and justify everything relating to the field of immigration.

We need to know that before we legislate, as otherwise there will be a new asymmetry for which we cannot be responsible.

The question then arises as to whether we can afford to do this, particularly in the context of globalisation, where the ability of the European Union to act on a political level as well as an economic one is under discussion, and whether we can accept responsibility for this.

We do not seem to be able to learn from past mistakes. However, you were not responsible for the original decision, so you can show a willingness to learn without losing face.

This is why, in addition to the highest safety standards in the EU, we also need an exit scenario from a risky technology, which we cannot justify using on the densely populated continent of Europe.

To put it mildly, it is embarrassing that now, in the final stages of the negotiations, some countries are prepared to assume the enormous political responsibility of jeopardising the agreement and thus the whole credibility of the European Union in the eyes of the third world.

You have to be true to your conscience and your faith but also consider the future well-being of your neighbour.

Despite the difficult problems that remain, we have come so far that we cannot justify failure.

I am perfectly aware of the fact that there is a great deal of pressure on the time available to us, but every individual item in this field in particular must be politically justifiable even to people outside this Parliament.

But if some people believe that on behalf of their god, they can take it upon themselves to punish and persecute their fellow men because they follow a different religion or do not have any religious beliefs, then mankind cannot co-exist in peace in this world.

We are all agreed that we have to combat terrorists, but that must not be allowed to become a licence for things that we ultimately cannot justify.

We feel that we can respond to this best by making an exception especially for owners of very small vessels, as they depend directly on this economic activity and have no other alternative.

It would be quite absurd to make substantially more money available because of our being at the limit of what we can justify as allowable expenditure in the candidate countries.

How was the Commission able to justify presenting accounts every year even though it knew they were not based on any reliable accounting system?

I am concerned, however, that conditions are presently being created for accepting a medium-sized country with a significantly industrial infrastructure and that later on, when the larger countries want to join, this will lead to rebates that we will no longer be able to justify.

The social partners must be able to negotiate, influence and take responsibility for the definition, the components and outcomes of flexicurity.

But if the other Member States of the Community think it reasonable to import Danish pork and beef, the same conditions ought to apply to the Norwegian and Swedish markets.