Translation of "Auf schwachen füssen" in English

NSDAP of the beginning of 1933 is absolutely weak.

However, even this claim seems to be false, for the Jewish Encyclopaedia impartially says that Judah was "in all likelihood a non-Israelitish tribe ."

You believe you have to prove to yourself and others what you are capable of because your self-esteem is fragile.

The arguments to prove that populations in the developing countries, and particularly in the poorest countries, contribute to greenhouse gas emissions have been very weak.

French claims for gold coins from the time of the barrack emperors originating from the so-called hoard of Lava have feet of clay.

However, even this claim seems to be false, for the Jewish Encyclopaedia impartially says that Judah was “in all likelihood a non-Israelitish tribe .”

So it is fragile ancl liable to be ecLipsed.

In all, therefore, one has to accept a somewhat eclectic approach.

The theories which deal with this mental load are still very fragile.

The case was very weak.

In Kosovo, thehealth infrastructure is fragile.

However, the landowning core of the Junkers themselves has feet of clay.

Once again we can see that the foundations of Russian democracy are very weak.

The Community must do everything in its power to ensure that the results of research carried out by European universities and research centres are made available to industrial undertakings promptly and effectively.

A weak, often compromised justice and law enforcement system means that most serious crimes are never prosecuted.

In the UK our support in the European elections was very shaky.

Firstly, this agreement is fragile, and no one can guarantee today that we will not be confronted by a major obstacle - here, the several armed groups who are not aligned to any State, are not under anyone' s control, and these groups could, in fact, destabilise the peace process.

We must say that the international observers gave a very positive assessment of the elections in Ukraine, regardless of the fact that the legislation surrounding the actual elections stood on shaky ground.

Likewise, the extremely fragile basis of the theoretical calculation carried out by the consultant to estimate, on the basis of credit default swaps (‘CDSs’), the cost of the alleged guarantee granted by the State to France Télécom should be emphasised.

Mr President, may I appeal to Commissioner Bolkestein to preserve the fragile political consensus between our institutions in this domain.

Is the Council aware that this fragile agreement also completely ignores the position of the European Parliament?

I hope he did not say so just because his government is particularly weak.

Europe's activities in Category 4, in particular its support for the peace process in neighbouring countries - an important task whereby we must help to transfer our European legacy of peace to other regions - are on very, very shaky ground.

The worry is what will happen when the camps close, since things are extremely fragile, and it is taking a very long time to implement reintegration measures.

There too, I believe that the EBRD's efforts are especially important in a situation in which democracy is very shaky and needs support.

The argument that giving some regions with constitutionally recognised powers - legislative powers - direct access would result in congestion at the Court of Justice would appear to be really very weak, for, if this were the case, then we would have to find a way to strengthen the Court of Justice and make the system more robust and better able to cope with the demand.