Translation of "Reformkräfte" in English

This would have been a great carrot to Westernising democratic reformist forces.

With pro-reform forces strengthening their position in the new parliament, the government has two choices.

Nevertheless, these differences only represented a certain change of tendency among the reformers.

In this decisive moment the GIZ wants to set a sign and support the forces of reform.

Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel wants to strengthen forces for reform in the two Balkan countries.

Support is primarily being provided to reform-minded forces in the government, civil society and the private sector.

The EU can strengthen Balkan reformers just by keeping its word.

Only more prosperity can permanently strengthen the reformist forces.

Liberal Democrats and Reformers in this House welcome the intensive consultations undertaken by the presidency.

This national « ownership » of the reforms to be undertaken should , in turn , improve the implementation records of the Member States .

The accession to the EU of the Central and Eastern European countries will spur the reform movement in those other countries.

In such cases it is a particular challenge in development cooperation to identify forces of reform and support these.

Instead, German development cooperation activities then concentrate on supporting non-state forces for reform and strengthening civil society.

Representatives of the Duma are here today, and we were told yesterday by the Vice-President of the Duma that the forces of reform were still present and intended to continue the pursuit of their goals; that is all very reassuring, but what has not happened so far in this crisis could yet happen, namely a fresh outbreak of money-printing.

The Turkish Government should be made far more accountable to the needs of the citizen, and the forces of reform such as Mr Selçuk, President of the Court of Appeal, and his colleagues must be everywhere stimulated and supported.

Mr Swoboda has already said that the critical dialogue between the European Union and the Iranian Government has not brought the hoped-for results, in the form of a legitimate attempt to support the so-called 'reformist forces' in Iran against the obscurantism of extremist opinion in that country.

The Prime Minister, Mr Kostov, and his Foreign Minister, in their talks with the Group of the European People's Party in Brussels last week, convinced us that the reforming powers that have come together in the new Democratic Union will quickly set about the task of modernizing the state and the economy.

The most important thing, as far as I am concerned, is that Helsinki triggered a debate in Turkey, a public debate on the conditions of Turkey's accession to the EU, a debate which is supporting and bolstering the forces of reform in Turkey.

It will be closely studied in Turkey, where the reformers will find much to encourage them in their efforts to bring Turkey forward on the track of modernisation, liberalisation, full respect for fundamental rights and social and economic progress.

Like the reform-minded forces in the Islamic Republic, Iranian citizens are reaching out to the west, to Europe for help.

The regime in Iran is an unacceptable, totalitarian one, but Iran is a big, multifaceted country, where the forces of reform are steadily gathering strength.

I feel, however, that this resolution is on the wrong track, because I am convinced that choosing Beijing as the venue for the Olympic Games will serve to support the reformist forces and that holding the Olympic Games could be a catalyst for major change.

I think it is important for us to do as you did and clearly and unambiguously encourage the forces of reform in Turkey, as well as welcoming the positive signals coming from the new government in Ankara.

Mr President, we are greatly concerned about the new series of arrests and sentences which reformists and those who exercise their fundamental right to freedom of expression in Iran have been subject to.

In addition, the negotiation process will allow us to exert pressure while, at the same time, supporting President Khatami and the reformists.

EU membership was the spur that helped the powerful forces for reform in the former Communist dictatorships.

This will give an incentive to the Palestinian people, an incentive to the moderate reform forces in Palestine and the Hamas forces to integrate peacefully into the democratic life of Palestine.

The time has now come when the West must immediately pull the carpet from under Mr Musharraf's feet and provide support, not for him, but for the democratic reform forces in Pakistan.