Sentence examples for inside the bloc from inspiring English sources

But he said no names had yet been submitted "because of arguments inside the bloc".

Security analysts, however, said the key to better relations between the European Union and Russia rested with Germany, Russia's closest political and economic partner inside the bloc.

Thursday's meeting of European Union diplomats will give the first indication of whether national governments inside the bloc will exert pressure on it to water down its plans.

Unless the external borders are controlled and managed, perhaps by the now strengthened EU border force, freedom of movement inside the bloc merely compounds the problems.

Nevertheless the likely departure of Mr. Monti is a setback for Europe, which will lose a heavyweight leader, and for Italy, which has experienced a year of unaccustomed influence inside the bloc.

But Mr. Van Rompuy also suggested that the strategy developed by Prime Minister David Cameron to restore dwindling public support for keeping Britain inside the bloc was likely to fail.

It finances its operations both inside and outside the bloc by borrowing on the capital markets rather than drawing on the E.U. budget.

Officials said trade experts at the commission had established that the measures would be compatible with international trade rules, partly because they would apply equally to biofuels producers growing crops inside and outside the bloc.

Both men sought the greatest possible freedom of action inside the Soviet bloc.

The clashes inside the conservative bloc contributed to the Christian Social Union's poor showing on Sunday, analysts said.

Mr. Putin compared the situation to that of West Berlin when it was isolated inside the Soviet bloc.