Translation of "Pick up the bill" in German

These responsible companies cannot now be allowed to pick up the bill again.

Well, maybe you could pick up the bill.

So, he'll pick up the bill?

Maybe that sucker Arctor would even pick up the bill.

Of course, the taxpayers of the respective countries will pick up the bill.

Now the speculators should pick up the bill.

We pick up the bill for the repair costs for the insured losses.

Greece needs our support and encouragement but asking foreign taxpayers, especially in countries outside the eurozone, to pick up the bill is difficult.

They have got a collapsed economy, their banks have defaulted, their volcano closed our airspace for nine days - I presume we would have to pick up the bill for that if it happens again - and now they are plundering our mackerel stocks.

The workers, the poor and lower middle classes of urban and rural society, are again being called on to pick up the bill for the recession, so that big business can keep raking in the profits.

Nor is the proposal for a cofinanced fund a solution, given that farmers will be left to pick up the bill for the various crises and the repercussions from the WTO.

However, I regret that, once again, the EU has to pick up the bill for Israel's propensity, in the Middle East, to drop bombs first and worry about the consequences later.

If they stop using dangerous substances, they will not need to pick up the bill for disposing of these later on.

Similarly, there is no mention of the elements of poverty and unemployment for the peoples, who are called upon every time to pick up the bill, so that big business can maintain its profitability and exploitation.

Farmers, not unjustifiably, feel they are being exploited, while consumers are being expected to pick up the bill for increased milk and food prices, none of which reaches the small producers.

There are big firms that order 100 000 refrigerators from the Pacific region just before Christmas and fail to put a logo on them so that the small trader or the citizen has to pick up the bill later.

It will pick up the bill for restoring the site and operators will walk away once more.

In this context, however, steps must be taken to ensure that, in future, there are no more reoccurrences of the scenario whereby projects which have a detrimental effect on nature conservation benefit from co-financing by the EU, with the EU stepping in again at a later stage to pick up the bill for the resultant damage to nature and the environment.

This is also a sound financial investment: tackling social problems at their source reduces the risk that the welfare system will have to pick up the bill for social dysfunctions and lack of economic opportunities at a later stage.

They are needed in order to ensure that future generations won't pick up the bill for past generations' mistakes.

Having such an open dialogue is even more important in a country like Portugal, where citizens have made huge sacrifices to ensure that future generations won't pick up the bill for past generations' mistakes.

However, the EU must avoid to fund projects which have a detrimental effect on nature conservation, with the EU stepping in again at a later stage to pick up the bill for the resultant damage to nature and the environment.