"interés colectivo" in English

It is not because it is in the collective interest that the approach must be global.

We all know that the collective interest of Europe is at stake here.

On this occasion, at least, we would like you to set aside personal ambition for once in favour of the collective interest.

Mr President, the recent Brok report argued that the EU as a whole should play a major role within the UN.

Of course, that does not mean that public finances and economic performance are not also a matter of collective interest.

However, we can see that you are preparing for the adoption of a Constitution which will silence, weaken and condition Europe’ s institutions.

The cases involving the Erika and the Ievoli Sun were a good illustration of the extent to which private interests are opposed to collective interests.

Mervyn King of the Bank of England put it succinctly when he said: 'The need to act in the collective interest has yet to emerge'.

Any objections run the risk of being seen as a sop to self-interested lobby groups which do not act in the collective interest.

Mr President, we must never forget that the collective interest is the national interest, especially in a world full of terrorism.

Some were nevertheless tempted, but common sense won through and the interests of the majority prevailed: I should like to thank all colleagues for this.

Therefore, it is important to have consistency between the broadcasting communication and the general framework of services of general economic interest.

Paradoxically, even those countries which want to be seen as a driving force for European integration sometimes act against the collective interests of the Union.

Unfortunately, European governments - as good Europeans - will choose to follow the EU's disastrous position towards Russia, rather than their own collective national interest.