Translation of "Vor diesem hintergrund stellt sich die frage" in English

In view of all this

Against this background the question of the reason for this trend arises.

On this basis the question of an ISO Standard for laminate flooring is relevant.

Before this backdrop, we must pose the question: What, then, is success still?

Against this backdrop, the question arises: How will the situation around Iran and Syria now go on?

Against this background, the question arises whether it requires a fundamental regulation of the district heating sector.

Against this background the question arises as to how to reconcile the preservation of biological diversity with intensive development of the economy and infrastructure.

Against this background, the question arises as to why Poland was the only country subjected to control, when my country called for detailed control of fishing in all countries.

Against that background, what really is the contribution of the European Social Fund today, on which we must build for the year 2000 and beyond?

This begs the question: how far has the gap between Europe's labour markets actually narrowed?

In light of this, the question arises as to whether the notification procedure should be used for public services in future too.

The ways public and private services, retail establishments and all kinds of political, trade union and communal life operate are affected by the problem of compatibility between different sorts of time.

Even though the volume of East-West trade may have fallen sharply this year, the contribution to the Community's energy needs is still far from negligible.

Against this backdrop, the following question arises: to what extent do the conditions in offices actually maintain and promote health?

Against this background, one key question arises: who has the right to utilize and research the genetic resources of the deep seabed?

Against this background, the article analyses the risk of demographic change to the potential regional development.

In view of all this, the question is why that commitment to responsible corporate governance did not protect us – or others – from the kind of misguided business developments that culminated in the financial crisis.

How are the personal relationships in Asian societies which, like Western societies, have experienced rapid social changes due to industrialization and modernization, but are embedded in other norms of family and kin relationships?

Against this background, it is still questionable how the bridge to this target will look like and what form of the conventional energy supply is suitable to accompany best the development of the renewable energies.

Against this background, the question is raised whether developing cooperation between traditional and new donors is possible and appropriate for the good of poorer developing countries?

Thus the key question is to find the most suitable technologies and structural measures to keep the balance between supply and demand. Against this background the following central questions are to be answered:

Within this context, the question of whether and how Europeans engage with this topic takes on particular relevance.

Against this background, the question arises as to why the ECB needs to make use of negative rates, and why interest rates were much higher in the past?

Given this situation, the questions are whether German nuclear power plants exhibit sufficient operational flexibility and whether they can withstand the stress of frequently ramping power up and down (including the complete shutdown of a nuclear power plant for periods of several hours, days, or a few weeks), such that they are ready to meet the requirements resulting from renewable energy being preferentially fed into the energy grid.

Against this backdrop, the question arises of why fossil power plants are still being built in both industrialised as well as developing countries and emerging economies.

Against this background, the question arises whether purely market-based strategies are promising for the solution of current energy-economic problems.