Stance on an issue that is inflexible and not subject to compromise.
1 He said the Tories' hardline stance on Europe would alienate floating voters.
2 Last week he showed little sign of veering from his hardline stance .
3 But relations are already turning sour over his hardline stance on Brexit.
4 Streep also referred to Mr Trump's hardline stance on immigration policy.
5 However, he did not stray far from his hardline stance .
6 Does his hardline stance have the support of his people?
7 He is considered less willing to negotiate with the government, taking a more hardline stance .
8 His appearance came as Trump sought to moderate his own hardline stance against illegal immigration.
9 The change in Germany's previously hardline stance was momentous.
10 Trump, a Republican, has made a hardline stance on immigration a centerpiece of his presidency.
11 It has been encouraged by the Trump administration's hardline stance on Iran and its nuclear program.
12 Irish business organisations have expressed concerns over Britain's increasingly hardline stance on its exit from the EU.
13 Such a hardline stance will run counter to state reforms and the six billion dollar marijuana industry.
14 Trump, a Republican seeking re-election on Nov. 3, takes a hardline stance toward legal and illegal immigration.
15 But the IPC rejected the full Russian Paralympic team in a hardline stance against performance enhancing drugs.
16 Popular for his hardline stance against leftist FARC guerrillas, Uribe has not decided on a re-election bid.
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