sovereignty

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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen called the deal a "relief", saying Europe will continue to "call for the full respect of Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“Search engines must be able to innovate and keep pace with evolving user needs,” Henna Virkkunen, executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy at the Commission, said in a statement.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Jakarta said the partnership was an "opportunity to reinforce national defense capacity," but insisted that "free and active foreign policy, national interests, and full respect for state sovereignty" would be maintained.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

“And there was talk about sovereignty and what they viewed as our attempts to impose some sort of extraterritorial restrictions on U.S. items.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In its most familiar form, dominant in the nineteenth century, the tension assumes a constitutional appearance as a conflict between state and federal sovereignty.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis