Translation of "Widerstreitende interessen" in English

We know that there are huge, competing, economic interests.

Conflicting interests, normsand/or moral concepts may arise.

But what if there are clearly conflicting interests on the part of the economy?

In this area in particular there are many antagonistic interests, opinions and opportunities.

With the Germans helping to reconcile conflicting national interests by putting a little extra on the table, the process of European integration reached its apogee with the Maastricht Treaty and the introduction of the euro.

In the EU, where competing interests often impede effective responses to crises, this approach could be the key to progress.

In addition there is a need throughout the Community institutional structure for a practical political mechanism to arbitrate in a consistent and rational way across sectors when competing interests are at stake, and to provide clear long term policy objectives.

In a social-market economy the parties which are involved in the wealth-creating process and which have opposing interests in some areas of this process will endeavour to find a mutually acceptable solution, by means of a dialogue, to any problems which may occur.

It has proven possible to arbitrate between competing interests and between different sectors to establish a common, albeit evolving approach.

My experience in recent months suggests that Europe could become immobilised between competing interests if we do not find a way to re-establish consensus in the use of these necessary instruments.

The text being voted on today does not make that clear choice, but simply seeks to reconcile opposing interests and ideas.

As we all know, there are many competing claims - the claims of ACP banana producers, Community banana producers, EU businesses which have been hit hard by US sanctions, the EU's role and standing in the WTO and, of course, the rights and interests of European banana consumers.

The growth of these bodies has been fostered by the need to manage the conflicting interests of the State, employers and workers.

Within the Committee too it was not always easy to arrive at a consensus be tween conflicting interests.

The donor and the donee sort of have opposing interests, right?

One doesn't have to be a Hegelian dialectician to imagine it as a process that might not only have a regressive tendency but that also reflects – or is even generated by – conflicting interests and power relations, a hegemony or an open domination.

It lays out the main issues at stake in the negotiations, contrasts divergences in interests amongst negotiating parties, and summarises the results achieved in Copenhagen.

In recent years, the safety issue has come to the fore in this context – a complex topic which is supposed to harmonise conflicting interests.

These complex designs require not only legal knowledge, but above all the ability to unite naturally conflicting interests of the parties by way of negotiation and to lead them to a reasonable and practicable result.

However, they are also constitutionally unrivalled in one certain area above all and in that area they are actually the only specialists. When it comes to representation in court it is exclusively the lawyer who is the appointed expert – especially when it comes to clashing interests (against which, in so-called non-contested proceedings, the lawyer’s statutory duty is much more narrowly defined than the public is generally told).

Welfare policies – such as social security, education, healthcare, and integration of persons with disabilities – are the product of political processes that are driven by diverse interests and unequal power relations between different actors in society.

The introductory contribution by Andreas Mahler is devoted to early modern London as a “cultural generator”, focussing in particular on the interaction between the organization of metropolitan space and the particular social make-up of the Inns of Court. Enno Ruge revises widespread assumptions about London’s cultural topography and emphasizes the fact that the southern suburbs did not represent an anarchic periphery of the city but rather stages on which the conflicting interests and interdependencies were fought out – not least those between the puritans and the theatres.

Looking at the Königsborn district of the city of Unna in Germany’s North Rhein-Westphalia, the study describes the infighting and clashing interests associated with the establishment of an art school.

The course covers standard valuation techniques along the different stages of a venture and gives insights in how deal structures, conflicting interests, practical challenges and the exit can impact the value.

It works out the main issues at stake in the negotiations, contrasts divergences in interests amongst negotiating Parties, and summarises the results achieved in Poznan.