Sentence examples for weak pledge from inspiring English sources

European leaders Thursday welcomed new promises made by Mr. Berlusconi, including a weak pledge to increase the age for pensions to 67 from 65 by the year 2026, but said sternly that carrying them out was the key.

Each nation was deemed free to seek its own trade outlets, and the obligation of membership was reduced to a weak pledge to "coordinate" policies on quotas, tariffs, international payments, and relations with other international bodies.

Under agreements made early in 1991, Comecon was renamed the Organization for International Economic Cooperation, each nation was deemed free to seek its own trade outlets, and members were reduced to a weak pledge to "coordinate" policies on quotas, tariffs, international payments, and relations with other international bodies.

30 Climate Conference Ends Two weeks of negotiations at a United Nations conference in Buenos Aires on climate change ended early with a weak pledge to start limited, informal talks on ways to slow down global warming, after the United States blocked efforts to begin more substantive discussions.

"Even if we had a plan to meet these weak pledges, we'd be in a much better position".

Business groups have lined up on both sides of the bill; conservative organizations backed by the Koch brothers, which oppose the bill as too weak, pledged political ad campaigns to encourage votes against the measure.

Mr. Orr and others noted that Russia's commitment under the Paris deal would not be difficult to meet — it is one of the weakest pledges and is unlikely to do much to significantly reduce pollution.

Those that had submitted the weakest pledges would appear to be on track or even ahead.

Argirio, the head of the weaker family, pledges his daughter Amenaide to Orbazzano, his crafty rival.

Deal news, a weak dollar and a pledge from G20 countries to maintain stimulus measures were driving the markets Monday.

Many rich countries now want to sign up to a weak agreement, one with pledges to achieve the targets but no legally-binding requirement, though the EU says it is arguing for legally-binding mitigation targets.