The phrase "agreeing a common position" is not entirely correct in standard written English.
It can be used in contexts where parties are coming to a consensus or shared understanding on a particular issue.
Example: "After several meetings, the committee is finally agreeing a common position on the new policy."
Alternatives: "reaching a consensus" or "establishing a shared stance."
I want European countries to work together to agree a common position in favour of reform to take to that discussion in 2016.
If, for example, David Cameron sought to extend the airstrikes against Isis to Libya then Benn and Corbyn would agree a common position, sources said.
I am not suggesting the formation of a national government, only that on the question of global warming, Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems should agree a common position which broadly echoes the findings and recommendations the EAC report.
In Incheon, South Korea, this week, leaders will assess progress towards the millennium development goals, which expire this year, and seek to agree a common position on the post-2015 sustainable development goals, which seem likely to include universal free primary and secondary education.
Yet, with both leaders under pressure from the far right, French and Italian officials appear to have agreed a common position on amending Schengen so that national border checks can be reintroduced in "special circumstances".
Updated at 2.54pm GMT 2.36pm GMT More reaction On BBC News, Alastair Campbell, the former Labour press chief, says he doesn't really understand why Cameron and Clegg cannot agree a common position on this.
Britain's position is already set in European stone, as last October the 28 EU member states agreed a common position in advance of the conference, to cut their carbon admissions by at least 40 per cent on 1990 levels by 2030.
He says there has been a "change in attitude" – even including recent warmish words from Ed Balls – since they agreed a common position on press regulation after the Leveson report.
Given these developments, it is peculiar to me that the European Union, as the neighbouring region, the one most likely to be negatively affected by such an escalating conflict, has failed to so far even agree a common position on the Syrian crisis, let alone launch an effective response to it.
This is the strategy of west and central African countries: ministers, experts, producers and activists met on July 20th near Dakar, Senegal, to agree a common position on agriculture, especially cotton.The world's biggest cotton producers are China, with 25% of the market, followed by the United States (21%) and India (12%).
