Examples of using Abstention in English and their translations into Finnish
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for today's vote on the election of the President of the Commission, abstention was the right choice.
justifying our abstention.
6 for, 1 abstention, large majority against.
I still firmly believe that, as President Sarkozy was not going to organise a referendum, abstention was the position the Socialists had to take in the French parliament.
50 votes in favour, none against and one abstention.
19 for, 1 abstention, 28 against.
1 abstention and 1 vote against.
The idea of constructive abstention and more majority voting within commonly agreed strategies is a new way of moving forward.
The only honest course open to us in the final vote on the whole text was therefore abstention.
Our abstention on this report on the situation in Iraq is basically the result of the contradictions that remain in it. Two main reasons stand out.
Constructive abstention by Member States when dealing with CFSP and CSDP matters in
No, Mr Corbett, abstention and the fact of not participating in the vote do not have the same significance.
This report was approved in committee by 49 votes for, 1 abstention and 2 votes against those of our group.
There is only one reference to'constructive abstention', the slight flexibility introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam to preserve the general centralised framework.
one abstention and one vote against USA.
The opinion is put to the vote and approved with 76 votes in favour and 1 abstention.
your answer to me was that an abstention was not the same as not participating in the vote.
3 votes against and 1 abstention.
OPINION ADOPTED by a large majority of 47 votes for, 2 against and 1 abstention on 27 March 2008.
Otherwise there are many positive aspects to the report, so overall an abstention was the correct position in the view of the UK Conservatives.