English-Swedish translation for "looming"

looming {noun}

loom {noun}

to loom [loomed|loomed] {vb} (also: to pitch up, to emerge, to crop up, to blow in)

But these days, there is an even larger problem looming.

We very much welcome that, with the prospect of enlargement looming.

The beginning of the session was overshadowed by the looming war in Iraq.

We must look forward, because for us in the European Parliament, elections are looming.

The figures are also a reminder that talk of looming water wars must actually be taken seriously.

We must show that Europe is capable of effectively meeting this challenge which is looming before her.

Europe is at a critical moment in its development with two monumental challenges looming on the horizon.

On the eve of the beginning of the enlargement negotiations, the nightmare of a Balkan war is looming over us.

Apart from the looming crisis, it is absolutely essential to preserve a future for our wine-growing regions.

Moreover, a division on the subject of Turkey's accession is once again looming in Europe and in this Parliament.

In the view of my group, the greatest threat looming at the moment is the renationalisation of agricultural policy.

However, as others have already said, there is a crisis looming in pension provision not only in Austria but all over Europe.

The root cause, however, is to be sought more in the area of looming Hindu nationalism, where faith and national identity coincide.

Fortunately, we can establish that the looming problems are often the direct result of swift progress that has been made with European unification.

On the other hand, we must not forget that elections are looming in Israel, elections that will be crucially important to the future of the region.

This is a real spectre looming over the 64 million Ethiopians, whose Christian majority and Islamic minority are still living together in peace.

I wish to refer to one problem I can see looming on the horizon between Member States which enter in the first wave and those which remain outside.

Independence, something which is looming on the horizon as far as Kosovo is concerned, must therefore be very clearly associated with conditions and European standards.

In particular, we need to entirely reject the European tax that is looming, which would further increase our compulsory contributions, either straight away or later on.

The Council reminded everyone that, with the threat of a risk looming, the Member States should use the early warning systems currently in place fully and in good time.