Translation of "Wenig ambitioniert" in English

The objectives of the MAGP were simply too modest for that.

The objectives of the MAGP were simply too modest for that.

Perhaps this plan was a little too ambitious.

Hence, one can hardly call the activities of the European Commission ambitious.

Something else that needs to be mentioned is the lack of ambition apparent from the Common Position.

Similar to social policy, the programme is not very ambitions in respect of tax issues.

Unfortunately, in a few areas, the report is not specific or ambitious enough, for which reason I abstained from the vote.

But your conclusion on the operational approaches that should therefore be taken is nothing, it is not concrete, shows no ambition, nothing!

The reason for this is that the Council was far from ambitious enough and set the objectives in its MAGP resolutions far too low.

While we appreciate the aim pursued by Parliament and acknowledge that the Council’s approach suffers from a lack of ambition, the Commission calls for realism, preferring to ensure that all Member States are in a position to carry out the number of checks required by the directive and that checks meet the prescribed quality criteria.

I can tell you that some Members see the proposal as not going far enough, while others believe that it went a little too far.

The EU Member States, and above all my own country, have very limited ambitions in this area and believe that it is not necessary to make such demands of the Member States and of Europe's citizens.

The EESC feels that this is not ambitious enough and that it represents a completely different policy focus - one that the Committee emphatically rejects.

This programme has been largely criticised by the Parliament and civil society organisations for its lack of ambition.

Measures for some products have shown levels of ambition that are too low compared to what is technically and economically feasible.

Although recently some efforts have been made to improve the child care situation, the Austrian federal government has not been ambitious enough as regards the EU's Barcelona target of getting 33% of children under the age of three into child care by 2010.

While some consider the Commission’s project too modest to cope with the challenge posed by serious transnational crime, others fear that it is too ambitious to be achievable in the short term.

However, given the significance of the medium-term challenges ahead for the German economy, despite its current good performance, the reform agenda envisaged in the NRP lacks ambition.

However, the Council proposal before us is quite simply too lacking in ambition and is toothless and thus redundant as it stands.

But your conclusion on the operational approaches that should therefore be taken is nothing, it is not concrete, shows no ambition, nothing!

From the point of view of the Chamber of Labour, Chapter III of the directive proposal on minimum standards, which consists of only five articles, is not ambitious enough.

Royal Mail has achieved much in the past but its plans for modernising delivery operations are less ambitious compared to other postal operators.

Even though EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso pointed out several times during the press conference that although the developing countries were least to blame for the financial crisis, they nevertheless were strongly affected, the support package of the Commission seems to be lacking in ambition.

Marc P. Bernegger describes most Swiss companies as having "too little vision, too little ambition, too little will to take risks".

The Pro-Rail Alliance considers the proposed target of a three to four percent increase in rail freight's market share by 2025 to be “too modest”.

Royal Mail has achieved much in the past but its plans for modernising delivery operations are less ambitious compared to other postal operators.

If the level of ambition of pan-European solutions remains low, or if they even become impossible, then I prefer a Europe with some parties that push ahead to a Europe where everyone stands still.

Unfortunately, however, the plans of the Romanian Presidency concerning social issues are not very ambitious: only with regard to the European Labour Authority (ELA) Romania stands by the target to conclude the negotiations.