The justice ministry added that that national interests were taken into consideration in the decision.
One must also show that the overall European gain manifestly outweighs individual national interests.
But we still elect governments to provide services for citizens and to protect national interests.
"For all its warts and flaws, the U.N. greatly serves our national interests, " Holbrooke said.
And where Pakistan's national interests are at stake, the military is aggressive against the Taliban.
National interests can play more of a role in such situations than shareholder value.
As a consequence, the factor motivating states' actions in international affairs is their national interests.
The parties remain largely inchoate, the legislators undisciplined and beholden to local rather than national interests.
He was charged among other things with "harming the national interests" of the Palestinians.
But legal obligations couldn't compete with Britain's belief that its national interests lay with the Arabs.
For Israel to secure its national interests, Palestinian society needs to be fundamentally reorganized.
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And if you cannot defend your national interests then you renounce your right to have them.
If you can't favor your allies against your enemies then you cannot defend your national interests.
Our national obsession with not wanting to offend has trumped our obligation to defend our national interests.
Like priest-confessors, Eurocrats are well-placed to see the grubby deals done in the name of national interests.
You've got a number of very important places in our foreign policy and in our national interests.
Not if both sides show flexibility and put their national interests ahead of a misguided national pride.
The government's only duty is to secure Israel and advance Israel's national interests in every way possible.
As often happens in the U.S., however, it may be difficult to separate national interests from commercial interests.
But the regulators' focus is on their national interests, not those of the world, or of the banks.
In short, it is inimical to both the national interests of the US and to its political heritage.
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So the new Egyptian authorities are putting national interests ahead of Islamist ones, noted a chirpy Israeli official.
Sadat's decision to switch Cold War camps was a product of his own assessment of Egypt's national interests.
The cold calculation of national interests is a complex business, as any student of game theory can tell you.
This we can do by rejecting the two-state paradigm and conducting a public discourse relevant to our national interests.
Otherwise arguments and contradictions between ministerial interests and national interests would become all-consuming.
As such, we would be required to make myriad commitments at odds with our military practices and national interests.
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The realist foreign policy doctrine assumes that all nations' foreign policies reflect their national interests rather than their sentiments.
Andrew Rosindell urged the PM to "show bulldog spirit" in a "resolute and uncompromising defence of British national interests".
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