English-Latvian translations for fortress

cietoksnisMums nav nepieciešams Eiropas cietoksnis. We do not need the fortress of Europe. Es piebilstu, ka mēs nevaram pieņemt arī nosaukumu "cietoksnis Eiropa”. I would add that we cannot accept the term 'fortress Europe' either. Vienotais tirgus nav cietoksnis, kura iekšienē valda vienlīdzīgi konkurences apstākļi. The single market is not about a fortress with a level playing field inside.

A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security
To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard#Verb|guard, to fortify

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