Sentence examples for stance countries from inspiring English sources

In the present climate of near-recession, sticking to its balanced-budget target for 2015 is foolish.Germans often respond by invoking worries about "moral hazard": the fear that, if they were to relax their fiscal stance, countries like France and Italy would fail to push through much-needed but politically challenging structural reforms.

She warned the "catastrophe" could worsen as a result of Britain's stance because countries such as Jordan and Lebanon might close their borders with Syria.

Although the statement suggested that the North's stance toward countries it considers enemies would also not change, it did not name the United States or any other nation.

He also said that the "guarantee" of a positive stance by countries in the region and beyond was "the extent of our good conduct".

That helps explain why the I.M.F. has started adopting a less austere stance toward debtor countries, even as countries like Germany continue to take a hard fiscal line, insisting that Athens stick to a program of lower spending and higher taxes.

More telling, perhaps, was the reaction in China, where an official in the foreign ministry yesterday restated the stance of developing countries, that the United States and other industrialized countries must take the first steps to reduce emissions.

No woman of any country ever had to take such a stance against her country of birth for the sake of the country of her dead spouse.

By declining to give consent, senators can advise the president that his imperialist stance toward other countries is not acceptable.

He said any decision made by the Government must promote a pro-business stance to other countries while providing banking access for all.

He resisted suggestions that UK aid should be conditional on countries' stance on gay rights since that may punish innocent people.

After events last week, that is what China must be making of the stance of rich countries to its overseas investment plans.