Europe s Paradoxical Parliament

Nevertheless, there is something paradoxical about this.

The fifth source of optimism is slightly paradoxical.

The result of credit compulsion was rather paradoxical.

This is paradoxical, because the ECB s policy framework provides clear guidance.

Terrorism cannot tolerate the complex and paradoxical character of modern societies.

Turkey s posture looking both East and West is neither paradoxical nor inconsistent.

The world is acquiring a paradoxical reality in the twenty first century.

This is the paradoxical result of the policy response to the financial crisis.

And yet few countries have a more paradoxical relationship than the US and Iran.

NEW YORK Today s debates over currency wars reveal two paradoxical features of the global economy.

This negation is connected with the complex and paradoxical nature of the concept of modernity.

Wouldn t it be paradoxical, then, if financial alchemy could make an ingot of gold worth dramatically more?

It seems that the fundamental frustration caused by this complex and paradoxical nature drives terrorists to commit radical actions.

This paradoxical event suggests that those who quit smoked less, while those who continued to smoke moved to smoke more light cigarettes.

One of these, and it's paradoxical because it's linked to something that's rather nice, is the hope we all have for our careers.

This produces paradoxical results here in France, where despite all the anti globalization rhetoric McDonald s is more popular than anywhere else in Europe.

What's more, it is paradoxical that it is precisely the charitable sector which is not meeting standards with respect to its own workers.

The result is, of course, paradoxical private funds that flow into these countries are recycled into US Treasury securities via investment of accumulated reserves.

What they shared is a paradoxical ethic common to all intellectuals the end cause of truth justifies whatever means happens to be at your disposal.

The outcome was paradoxical, and not to the liking of those who initiated it but the right of the communities to determine their future was accepted.

It is not only significant, but paradoxical, that those countries that preach the benefits of free trade most emphatically are those that maintain protectionist barriers and subsidies.

This situation is paradoxical, as Europe is experiencing one of the worst economic crises in its history, with falling employment and living standards and rising worries about the future.

Moreover, the EU has a somewhat paradoxical asset at its disposal it is not a Pacific power and does not carry the burden of great power status in Asia.

This non conceptual seeing also includes the paradoxical fact that there is no difference between a defiled and a pure mind, as well as no difference between samsara and nirvana.

It is paradoxical that the report states in this paragraph that the legislative reforms envisaged in the Linas Marcoussis Agreement have not been adopted, while recognizing in paragraph 8 that

In a world searching for providential leaders, the case of Ariel Sharon is both symbolic and paradoxical, for this universal man remains one of the most controversial figures of recent decades.

France is a marvelously paradoxical country, so the search for novelty, if not modernity, could lead to the reinvention of the Fourth Republic, a parliamentary regime characterized by its weaknesses and instability.

While Iraq an attempt to import democracy by force is failing, the paradoxical conditions of an Arab democracy under Israeli occupation may be a threat that Arab rulers have not yet comprehended.

On the other hand, a paradoxical situation is that Constitution prohibits the discrimination against the women on the basis of gender, but does not hinder the discrimination on the basis of marital status.

It is paradoxical that the same argument used to promote reform that the world is changing and has changed since 1945 is precisely that being used to persuade Member States that nothing should change in the future.

The spread of English as the world s language has had a paradoxical effect on American national security, making the United States transparent to people around the world, while making the rest of the world increasingly opaque to Americans.

Moreover, it would be paradoxical if, just when America declares its willingness to call more upon its allies, particularly its European allies, the concept of the West actually leads to the diminution, if not the burial, of the European ideal.

As was the case at that time, Member States could always impose sanctions on an individual basis, and regional organizations, particularly the European Union, could exert pressure on Israel however, the Union was in a paradoxical situation, because it imported numerous products from the settlements.

It is paradoxical that the non nuclear States should be asked to respect non proliferation to the letter whereas they are denied the assurances from the nuclear States which would protect them against the use or the threat of the use of such weapons.

The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED Cannes using colorful new data display technology .