Translation of "Vorwurf aussetzen" in English

We must not lay ourselves open to the accusation that we are engaging in economics for the benefit of special interest groups.

"l will not expose myself to such reproaches."

Or do you prefer to expose yourself to the reproach that the Commission is a committee of philistines?

Also, we would lay ourselves open to the charge that the Novel Food Regulation is a labelling swindle.

We do not wish to be accused of lack of cooperation in Italy or the German public realm.

We are taking speedier action on European legislation this time and we should not hang about and expose ourselves to the criticism that we are leaving the consumers out in the cold!

But I warn all those who are toying with the idea of attacking this right that they are opening themselves up to accusations that they do not want to use the Constitution to extend democracy in Europe, that they do not want to strengthen or further democracy, but that they want to bypass it and undermine it, by depriving Parliament of one of its central rights.

The approach you have proposed seems interesting, but we should not leave ourselves open to the accusation that the Union is claiming competence for all global matters.

No one is prepared to expose themselves to the accusation that they are anti-social, and it is undoubtedly justifiable to have minimum regulations in the European area.

But we do not really want at the same time to lay ourselves open to the charge of prolonging an ineffective arrangement for a year.

My concern was that we would leave ourselves open to allegations of feathering our nests and being seen to be looking after our own political interest.

Whenever manipulation efforts fail, cyber-attacks offer yet another powerful tool to crack down on dissent without triggering public accusations of formal censorship.

The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said some of the timing of the announcements - such as the above inflation increase in some disability benefits next April - would leave the chancellor open to accusations of electioneering as the money may simply be clawed back the year after.

In more general terms the European institutions risk being accused of not giving sufficient importance to the distance which h has arisen between them and citizens and to contradict themselves with regard to their undertakings to citizens (such as the political priorities of the Dutch presidency and the speech of Mr Barroso in his hearing at the parliament).

We do not wish to enact any extraterritorial provisions leaving ourselves open to the accusation of interfering in the sovereignty of other States by claiming validity for our provisions in areas which are under the jurisdiction of other States.

The advantage may be that Reger's Bach arrangements provide today's performer with an opportunity to present original music by Bach on the organ in authentically romantic garb but without being subject to accusations of having no conception of performance practice.

Although the oil project has been rejected by the Democrats and is also very controversial among the Republicans, many parliamentarians evidently do not want to lay themselves open to the charge of being unpatriotic, so that the supporters of the drilling for oil have managed to secure the necessary majority.