Some critics found the provision a bit disingenuous if politically necessary.

"I have a lot of faith about where they're going to go," he said, dismissing their more conservative positions as politically necessary.

That may increase tensions with China but is necessary politically.

Nonetheless, many European leaders see such exemptions as politically necessary.

Some liberals attacked his "law and order" message, but it was politically necessary.

At a minimum, the meeting is a politically necessary step for both sides.

A referendum on this Treaty is, therefore, not only politically necessary but also a moral imperative.

Translation is politically necessary for a proper archiving system which after all serves to allow open access to information.

She was a private woman, shunning the parties and dinners unless they were politically necessary.

But economically desirable is not the same as politically necessary.