Before being allowed to join the EU, a state must fulfil the economic and political conditions generally known as the Copenhagen criteria.

In pre-1980s reform China, the socialist state fulfilled the needs of society from cradle to grave.

The liberal state fulfilled its own logic.

Troubles at District Level Some districts said they would have a difficult time paying salary increases, even if the state fulfilled its promises.

Only one state, New Hampshire, fulfilled that requirement.

A Federal court order to improve Louisiana's mostly black universities has been extended to allow more time to decide whether the state has fulfilled its terms.

His familiarity with Jersey City told him that the state was hardly fulfilling that obligation.

Citizens agree to obey the laws, but this presupposes that the state fulfils its basic commitment to protect the lives, freedom and property of its citizens.

It is, however, absolutely essential that those states that want to become members fulfil the requirements made of them before they accede.

In my opinion, the state must fulfil the following tasks, and it is sometimes good to remember them.