Translation of "Politischer spielraum" in English

Moreover, civil society organizations (CSOs) in many developing countries have realized that their policy space is shrinking rather than growing.

That also means that the lower income groups – who, contrary to what is often asserted, are not saving more than they used to – must either have their wages increased or their taxes cut, all the more so as there is sufficient political room for manoeuvre, productivity having risen much faster than pay over recent years.

And he will have a hard time winning over his more cautious European counterparts, not least German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose room for maneuver was crimped by her party’s poor showing in last weekend’s federal election.

If significant positive developments take place in democratisation in Belarus, there is scope for more active engagement with the Belarusian authorities at political level.

In fact, the text proposed by the European Commission includes a high number of restrictions, listed in Annex II, of rights to maintain and adopt any legislation and future measures that would introduce discrimination to foreign suppliers – also known as "policy space".

Though the US had disproportionate economic clout, its room for political and military maneuver was constrained by Soviet power.

In which areas can China's engagement provide an opportunity for Africa's development (investment in infrastructure, more policy space for African states...) and where do the dangers lie (possibly undermining good governance)?

Parliament has no political leeway.

In this way, Parliament' s political room for manoeuvre in the budget is being systematically undermined.

We can understand that American politicians have little room for manoeuvre.

This gave Angela Merkel the political leeway she desperately needed.

On the other the parliamentary election campaign has begun, severely limiting the political room for manoeuvre....

Thus, policymakers have ample room to maneuver if anything should go wrong.

This gives China and its policymakers considerable room for maneuver in coping with the current growth slowdown.

But it seems as if this is just a strategy to create more political leeway for new manoeuvres.

Developing countries must be supported to give them enough political room to manoeuvre so that speculation can be prevented and financial stability can be secured.

The concern for sound government finances which is, indeed, laid down in the stability pact, means that policy scope is particularly limited, at any rate in my own country, and fresh resources will therefore be needed to boost the European economy.

The interim agreement has also brought about a reduction in governments' policy space in the form of regulatory power.

They have enjoyed freedom of economic activity, the right to reside in Nepal and, until recently, also some political space to debate the future of Tibet amongst themselves.

That is why it is important not to leave room in politics for the extremist movements which raise their heads every now and again, as has happened in France and in Germany.

On the paragraph relating to NAMA, I called for flexibility in the number and range of coefficients used in formulating tariff cuts, so as to leave adequate policy space for developing countries to choose the rate at which they liberalise.

The internal organisation is still too hierarchical, bureaucratic and centralised, and the Member States give the Commission too few resources and too little policy leeway for it to be able to take decisive action.