The phrase "a common position for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a typical stance or viewpoint held by a group or individual regarding a specific issue or topic.
Example: "The committee reached a common position for the new policy, emphasizing the need for sustainability."
Alternatives: "a typical stance on" or "a shared viewpoint regarding".
It's a common position for him to take: dead centre, but not quite in the limelight.
Berlin and Paris have sought to maintain a common position for weeks, but the French equivocated on the key issue of binding quotas.
This time round, the countries should be able to agree on a common position for public consumption, avoiding another unseemly row.
It was this idea that led to the formation of the Patriotic Front, which was to adopt a common position for all future constitutional conferences.
"I commend all those whose efforts have made this possible... they kept the future of Kenya always in their sights and reached a common position for the good of the nation".
But Falque-Pierrotin confirmed that all the DPAs have agreed to take a common position for now.
A string of senior figures have criticised Corbyn for insisting Labour will seek a common position – and for questioning the legality of the killing of Mohammed Emwazi, the Isis assassin known as "Jihadi John" – in a US airstrike.
"We are pressing for the United Nations Security Council to reach a common position and for the U.N. inspectors to conclude their work as soon as possible," the German foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, said in comments reported by a regional newspaper, The Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
Tusk said that since then "we have moved slightly closer to a common position", suggesting hopes for a major policy breakthrough may be dashed when EU interior and justice ministers meet in emergency session on 14 September.
Where members do agree on a common position, such as support for the Palestinians under Israeli occupation, this rarely if ever goes beyond the issuing of declarations.
The European Union failed to come up with a common position -- France voted for membership, Germany against while the U.K. abstained.
