defence policy

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meanings of defenceand policy

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defence
noun
uk /dɪˈfens/ us /dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk /ˈpɒl.ə.si/ us /ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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Examples of defence policy

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The idea of a common defencepolicy seems to be a mantra: if it is repeated often enough it will perhaps become reality.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The rapporteur has clearly stated in his report that a common defencepolicy is pointless without a common foreign policy.
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The proposal for a conference to discuss a common defencepolicy and a common defence position cannot be accepted.
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We must first tackle this issue if we are then to consider a defencepolicy.
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We can and must, however, resolve our differences and aspire to a common foreign and defencepolicy.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The three substantive policy dimensions most closely correlated with the general left-right dimension were defencepolicy, national identity, and foreign policy.
There is due consideration of the issues of tariffs, defencepolicy, and the rights of each colony\\state in the federal compact.
The government held consultations with the public and parliament to popularise its new defencepolicy.
Perceptions of the incumbent president's leadership capabilities hinged on evaluations of the state of the economy and on defencepolicy attitudes.
The most substantial change from 2000 was a decline in the salience of foreign and defencepolicy.
In the 1960s and 1970s the degree of government ownership in the economy was perhaps the most important component, although views on defencepolicy also mattered.
Issues increasing in importance include defencepolicy, foreign policy, and policy on national identity - although these continued to be rated as having relatively low salience in 2000.
The same is true in other areas - on climate change, on foreign policy and on defencepolicy.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We would like to achieve real progress in the development of security and defencepolicy and take prompt and decisive steps forward.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
But in my opinion, it will take many years for common actions to be realised in defencepolicy.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The protection of human rights and minorities and the furtherance of democracy must be priority issues for a combined foreign and defencepolicy.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Many also believe that this common foreign and defencepolicy is much further developed than is actually the case.
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It still does not have a common defencepolicy, and it has still not clarified the treaties so that the citizens can understand them.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
This implies that the non-aligned countries are as interested as all others in developing a common defencepolicy.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Above all, do they have the will to provide themselves with democratic and legitimate political institutions capable of designing and implementing a common defencepolicy?
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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