Translation of "Öffentliche zustimmung" in English

Levels of public support vary considerably from country to country.

Today, public support stands at more or less the same level.

This very month the EU lost its last pretence of public consent or democratic legitimacy.

The EC would receive popular approval for such commendable use of Social Funds.

Overall, public support for euthanasia in Western Europe and the USA has almost continuously increased.

This holds true, on the one hand, for war propaganda, which legitimises violence and builds public approval for belligerent acts.

Finally - and this is the most important issue to my mind - we must explain at a local level what is happening at EU level and obtain the public's approval.

The European Union has committed itself to placing environmental problems among the top political issues on the agenda in order to achieve the public consensus that it needs for further advance on the matter.

Of course it did not receive popular consent and support in Parliament, primarily because it erred in two particular directions: in the area of subsidiarity where national governments would be held by their own courts to be responsible on the basis of interpreting Community law and also because of the expression of fundamental human rights, in particular the right to industrial action and strike.

Every proposal deals with sensitive material, and the report’s addition suffers from the maximalism typical of a centralising Europe, even though that path does not enjoy popular support.

For such a policy to gain public consent it must be fair and transparent and it must be open to account.

You have a relatively economically efficient solution, but one that actually meets with public approval and even a small degree of affection, rather than being seen as bastardy.

I wish you would use all means at your disposal -- films, expeditions, the web, new submarines -- and campaign to ignite public support for a global network of marine protected areas -- hope spots large enough to save and restore the ocean, the blue heart of the planet.

Not the least damaging consequence of the Bush doctrine is that it dispenses with the need for public proof of aggressive intent.

Notwithstanding powerful adversaries both within and outside parliament, for a crucial period political leaders can take determined, decisive action that is regarded as legitimate in the sense that public support outweighs opposition.

Indeed, assuming that Assad does not start bulldozing entire cities, I cannot imagine any circumstances under which the US would support even limited military intervention in Syria without public approval by the Arab League and Turkey.

The plan is thus a kind of “long march,” requiring effective public-private cooperation, broad public buy-in, and an explicit communication strategy to implement deep economic restructuring supported by fiscal and other macro-policy reforms.

The latest Eurobarometer survey2 shows that public approval of the European Union has steadily decreased over recent months.

A similar decline is seen in the public approval of and trust in the national political process.

Anna Howard Shaw's term in office, which began in 1904, saw strong growth in the organization's membership and public approval.

The Eurobarometer has measured public support for the single currency since 1993, when the Maastricht Treaty established that the single currency would be introduced by 1 January 1999.

The mid­nineties clearly represent the period when public support for the European Union was at its weakest.

At the same time, Eurobarometer 48 (Autumn 1997) shows that 70% of EU citizens intend to vote in the June 1999 European Parliament elections; and that public support for European Union membership is once more increasing (to 49% from a low point of 46% in Spring 1997) for the first time since 1991 (when support had reached a high point of 72%).