If we believe what we hear - and we hear a great deal in this House and in the institutions of this European Union - it means that there is one Member State or perhaps a few Member States who have caused anxiety, and unfortunately, also caused anxiety to this Commission, with the pretext that subsidiarity could be infringed.
Defeat in by-elections could provide them with the pretext to try to stall further reforms, or maybe even to turn back the clock.
The Western Australian treasurer, Liberal Mike Nahan, is eyeing electricity privatisation with the pretext of his own state's record debt and deficit.
The law on the Internet last month had already tightened state control diminishing individual autonomy with the pretext that, in Erdogan's words, the government was "only taking precautions against blackmail and immorality.
He loved the pure, unadulterated flavors of straight-ahead American cooking, a passion that provides Andrew Beahrs with the pretext for "Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens".
The Belarusian authorities managed to get information about these from the Lithuanian authorities, providing them with the pretext needed to arrest Mr Bialatski on charges of tax evasion, which carry a maximum seven-year sentence.
He fancied himself not only a poet but also a charioteer and lyre player, and in 59 or 60 he began to give public performances; later he appeared on the stage, and the theatre furnished him with the pretext to assume every kind of role.
Once the street-cleaning Zamboni comes through, everyone moves his car back, but you have to stay in it until 10 00 — with the pretext of being able to move it if necessary, otherwise De Blasio's willing executioner will slap you with a hefty ticket.
Islamic movements, like the controversial Gülen Movement, have mobilized mainly through their networks in the education by opening hundreds of private schools, dorms, and study centers (dersane) with the pretext of quality education for the poor.
Third, it will provide Putin with the pretext to up the ante.
