"tener prioridad sobre" in English

Accordingly, gas should not take priority over democracy, or vice versa.

Customs and tradition cannot take precedence over the rule of law.

The economy cannot take priority over people's safety.

Trade union rights must take precedence over free movement.

The profit interests of manufacturers, suppliers and importers must never take precedence over children's health.

Access by the developing countries to the EU’s market must be given priority over continued agricultural aid.

Inhabitants of EU States, even if they only joined recently, must be given priority over those from outside the EU.

We Swedish Social Democrats have chosen to vote in favour of the report on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO agreement.

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In my opinion, our task is to deal with an issue where clear-cut principles must take priority over any feelings of pride of the moment.

This is a matter of showing respect for the Bureau and for his fellow Members, which I believe should take precedence over any request to speak.

Drilling for oil and the laying of gas pipelines must not, out of economic considerations, take precedence over the environmental risks presented by such activities.

Nonetheless, compatibility with the WTO rules must not take precedence over our international commitments to promoting sustainable development and eradicating poverty.

The urgent nature of this assistance should, in my view, take precedence over considerations of a procedural nature dictated by the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon.

Those value-based objectives should be seen as taking priority over bilateral relations and Javier Solana was right in telling us that what really matters is political will.

Votes should take precedence over everything else and should be at a fixed time, so that inconvenience is not caused to everyone by having votes at ridiculous times such as this.

We feel, however, that paragraph 20 is dangerous in calling for improving the situation of single-parent families to have priority over public budget deficit considerations.