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This was not, as some critics have suggested, a politically motivated decision on the part of the Europeans, made to protect their domestic companies.

The project is strongly opposed by environmentalists, who see the project as "politically motivated decision".

Without compromising on safety, it is time to reconsider our attitude towards nuclear facilities in Europe, and without any further politically motivated decisions.

Due to a politically motivated decision by the government of Petr Pithart, in 1990 the Temelín station limited to two reactors.

Several Democratic lawmakers with a longtime interest in smoking and health issues attacked the department for what they said was a politically motivated decision, as did public health groups.

According to RSF, the NTD shutdown was a "premeditated, politically motivated decision".

"It's hard to see how a candidate who won would necessarily feel obligated to honor all the somewhat politically motivated decisions of the candidate who lost," he said.

On 14 August the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, in what appeared a politically motivated decision, absolved four military officers involved in the April coup.

The arrival of an over-the-counter morning-after pill in American drugstores has been delayed by a disappointing, politically motivated decision by the Food and Drug Administration.

Philip Heymann, the Deputy Attorney General who directed the study, agreed to a politically motivated decision that deprived the public and the Senate of information they deserved.

"It is a politically motivated decision that renders the tribunal an accomplice to NATO as an aggressor," he told the BBC.

And just out of interest, if the schooling in poorer areas is so bad, how do you expect these people to know or care enough to make these sorts of politically motivated decisions?

SAR Geelani condemned Afzal Guru's hanging was a "cruel and politically motivated gimmick" and a " politically motivated decision."

To the Editor: Gov. James E. McGreevey's sanctimonious defense of his politically motivated decision to stay on as governor until November reaffirms the reason he should go, and go now.

Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, said: "I cannot agree with a politically motivated decision, which sacrifices national security and unnecessarily puts the lives of our men and women in uniform at risk.

Another question is whether Mr. Verniero, over the objections of aides, made a politically motivated decision just weeks before his confirmation hearings to speed the indictments to deflect criticism that the Whitman administration was not addressing the profiling problems.

In a joint statement released by the companies, the general counsel of WellPoint, Thomas C. Geiser, said, "Commissioner Garamendi's politically motivated decision is a clear abuse of discretion that cannot possibly benefit Californians."

Furthermore, I feel that the declaration of petitions' admissibility by qualified majority is extremely important as the right to petition is a vital citizens' right based on primary legislation, and this right must not be restricted by a politically motivated decision.

Yielding to public pressure spurred initially by a letter-writing campaign to the paper, the Times pulled her column after not even a year, even as the paper's widely esteemed editor, Lim Richard, voiced regret over what had clearly been a politically motivated decision by the paper.

To the Editor: The Bush Administration's politically motivated decision to force greater use of ethanol in gasoline further rewards the highly subsidized ethanol industry, whose profits are at a two-year high, and hurts oil industry workers whose numbers have declined 450,000 in the last 10 years.

This was perceived by some as a disproportionate and politically motivated decision, as evidenced by Barcelona's decision to invite Rangers to participate in their pre-season Trofeo Joan Gamper tournament (named after the club's founder) in 1974, alongside the Basque team Athletic Club de Bilbao.

Critics Deride Cut in Fees Sought in Tobacco Suit Democratic lawmakers and public health groups attacked the Justice Department for what they said was a politically motivated decision to seek $10 billion instead of $130 billion for a stop-smoking program in its suit against the country's leading tobacco companies.

House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) joined Fox News' America's Newsroom to discuss President Obama's politically motivated decision not to move forward with the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that has received bipartisan support, will create thousands of jobs, and increase our energy security.