The issue of burden sharing is tied to one single problem.

Agreement on burden sharing must therefore be at the top of the agenda.

Instead, voluntary burden sharing would serve very well as a basis for Union action.

Talking about burden sharing should now lead to a practical and sensitive proposal.

Worldwide burden sharing is necessary if we really want to make progress in the fight against climate change.

The way in which Europeans have so far handled the issue of burden sharing can only be described as a complete tragedy.

Such burden sharing would not have been fair, and that is why we discussed it with the Korean counterpart.

The proposed solutions, namely the so-called 'burden sharing' merit serious consideration.

"Burden sharing" refers to the willingness of America's allies to help shoulder the financial and military burden for the common defense.

How we might move from 'burden shifting' towards 'burden sharing' .

A second plank of the isolationists was that "burden sharing is a one-way street.'

Burden sharing refers to Japan picking up some of the costs of American forces based in Japan.

In other words, Commission, this is not 'burden sharing'; it is a blatant form of 'burden dumping'.

Mr. Baker's comments were the first indication that "burden sharing" had become a major economic issue for the Administration at a time of huge budget deficits.

Therefore, my question to the Commissioner is, what action is the Commission taking to guarantee that this mechanism on burden sharing is being executed?

The European Union needs a common asylum policy and to ensure that the principles of solidarity and burden sharing do not remain mere promises on paper.

The issue of burden sharing has become a topic in the Presidential election campaign, where the Rev. Jesse Jackson, seeking the Democratic nomination, has raised it frequently.

However, I was able to expose the inappropriateness of Japanese bureaucrat-led politics when Japan's belated offer of burden sharing met unequivocal disappointment inside and outside Japan.

"The exercise for preparing the annual report on burden sharing is largely an exercise of thinking of ways to put the best possible gloss on some pretty dismal figures.

We are, therefore, asking the Commission to bring forward proposals on so-called 'burden sharing' which are not just financial but actually provide a solution for the Member States and the individuals affected.

A Canadian official here said that while he knew nothing of the Brady-Hashimoto meeting, he was sure that "burden sharing" would be a main topic in the Group of Seven discussions.

The report adds that the question of "burden sharing" is crucial, as past accumulations of greenhouse gases have come largely from the industrialised world while future growth is likely to come increasingly from the developing nations.

Burden sharing was addressed in the last session of Congress when a special panel led by Representative Patricia Schroeder, Democrat of Colorado, concluded that the allies were not carrying their fair share of the burden.

The EU has established tough carbon emissions targets and it is now incumbent upon Member States to follow through with real action, and not just words, to ensure burden sharing does not just end up as load shedding.

The problem of burden sharing will keep them trooping up to Capitol Hill when Congress reconvenes this week to convince doubters that they are good partners and are not evading their responsibilities to shoulder their share of the load.

We have a working group looking at the internal burden-sharing.

Since then, no one in the Administration has set out guidelines for burden-sharing.

This kind of enforced burden-sharing has worked well in other areas.

Because the burden-sharing was clearly unfair, we have an opportunity here.

But, in doing this, it is very important that we have a careful look at the burden-sharing.

Burden-sharing dominated the debate in the House today on the military spending bill.

There is a reasonable amount of burden-sharing between the donors.

I think some of my colleagues will want to deal in greater detail with European burden-sharing.

The Commission has presented a proposal on burden-sharing of costs during the return operations.

It will allow better burden-sharing in observing both parties' international responsibilities.

Why is there nothing more explicit here on burden-sharing?

Against that background, the Commission has now considered putting forward a separate proposal on burden-sharing.

The Member knows very well that the debate on burden-sharing has been going on for many years.

Burden-sharing sounds a good principle but on what basis is the burden to be shared?

But burden-sharing will have to go beyond money.

We believe it is a good and fair proposal in terms of burden-sharing among Member States.

They demand solidarity and a relocation policy based on the principle of burden-sharing.

Germany, however, proposed that other countries admit refugees on the basis of "international burden-sharing."

"When allies are putting in more than 80 percent of effort, there is not much room for an argument about burden-sharing.

Now that this legislature has entered its final year, we are proposing mechanisms for burden-sharing.

Since then there have been calls for burden-sharing.

The Kosovo crisis has shown that, unfortunately, burden-sharing on a voluntary basis does not work.

Why not use these differences to promote burden-sharing?

This is a difficult challenge, and in order to manage it, burden-sharing is essential.

You need the governments of Europe to back you, and there will be a tough debate on burden-sharing in the new year.