In other words, NATO membership, like EU membership, comes at a price.

British EMU membership remains very desirable.

I applied for membership in the association.

It used to be the gang was a rite of passage.

Nikita Podgorny's membership of Worldsochi Facebook group.

Trade union membership and public sector employment have fallen.

British membership is important to many in Europe.

As a result of SPARC International, the SPARC architecture is fully open and non proprietary.

But membership in the EU does not mean estrangement from Russia.

Membership in the international community cannot be given away at a discount.

FSB membership should imply accountability in implementation of standards.

WTO membership will expose China's agricultural sector to foreign competition.

EMU membership will diminish this volatility and eliminate exposure to it.

Of course, EU membership gives these countries a greater sense of security.

Being a member of this group is equal to being a member of our movement. The start of a new movement is symbolized by creation of a new Google group.

Membership is also important for Russia s international standing.

Eurozone membership precludes inflation and devaluation as adjustment mechanisms.

44. Decides that the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Thailand shall become members of the Committee

In retrospect, Russian membership should probably be considered a mistake.

There were reparations in the aftermath of the Civil War.

The Union must see to it that this border is not a new wall dividing Europe, and that the zone of stability and prosperity it has created for its members spreads to the EU's eastern neighbors as well.

Align G 20 membership with the composition of the International Monetary Fund s Executive Board.

Membership in the EU should not be the determining factor in European statecraft.

There is no reason Japan should not hold a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

We are committed to Ukraine s European vocation, but not to its EU membership.

Most Moldovan emigrants work in the EU, and almost 75 of Moldova s population support EU membership.

In February 1996, church membership in countries other than the United States surpassed that of the U.S.

What they really want is a firm commitment by the Europeans to offer EU membership to Turkey.

Greece s membership in the eurozone was also a principal cause of its current large budget deficit.

More than forty years ago, Turkey applied for associate membership of the European Economic Community.

Turkish EU membership presents both opportunities and challenges.

Britain s EU membership will be one of the major issues at stake in next year s election.

South Africa was re admitted to the Commonwealth in 1994, following the end of apartheid earlier that year.

After all, neither booming trade nor membership in the BRICS club offers protection from bullying.

In that case, Turkey s membership would not, as European federalists argue, lead to a weaker Europe.

But EU membership has always been about more than economic integration and trade flows.

If Palestine does achieve full UN membership, Palestinians recognize that it will be little more than symbolic.

Our new NATO membership sounds great, but we really don't know why.

Are friendship and prejudice to rule in the EU s membership determinations, or will objective facts determine things?

According to recent polls, 80 of the population supports Poland s membership in the EU the highest in Europe.

But EBRD membership is only one expression of China s rapidly growing role in the world s international financial institutions.

Being a member of a guild, for example, encompassed a complete set of social roles economic, legal, political, and even religious.

For membership in NATO brings with it the right to participate in the deliberations and decisions of the Atlantic Alliance.

As long as EU membership remained only a goal, it had a disciplining effect on the region s political elites.

Even if it does retain its EU membership, the UK will continue to move steadily away from Europe.