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verstärkt auf

English translation: are increasingly demanding

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German term or phrase:	drängen verstärkt auf
English translation:	are increasingly demanding
Entered by:	Susan Welsh

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11:40 Dec 17, 2009

German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Military / Defense / peacekeeping

German term or phrase: verstärkt auf

In the sentence containing this phrase, I can't seem to figure out who is doing what to whom, or how the word "auf" functions here.

Im Report ebenfalls kein Thema ist die faktische Schwächung der Strukturen der zivilen Konfliktbearbeitung, obwohl die internationale Lage das Gegenteil erfordert. Sogar und gerade Militärs drängen vielfach **verstärkt auf** zivile Maßnahmen. Doch der frühere Krisenbeauftragte des Auswärtigen Amtes gab Anfang 2008 sein Amt auf, weil er sich behördenintern zu wenig unterstützt fühlte.

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Susan Welsh KudoZ activity Questions: 240 (none open) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 280 United States
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are increasingly demanding

Explanation:
are increasingly voicing their demands for

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Jonathan MacKerron
Local time: 04:15

Grading comment

Thanks to all, esp. Armorel for explaining where my error lay. Those separable verbs trip me up more often than they should! (I knew this was a dumb question when I asked it, but I still couldn't figure out the answer!)
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