we need to mention vs we should mention

Both 'we need to mention' and 'we should mention' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used to express the same idea.

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we need to mention

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express the necessity or requirement of mentioning something.

Examples:

We need to mention the new policy during the meeting.
She said we need to mention the upcoming event in the newsletter.

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You will have to convince Mr Louis Michel that we need to mention climate change in the partnership agreements with Africa.
Finally, we also need to mention the need to adopt a Community information system consisting of a single electronic network in order to facilitate transparent data storage, management and evaluation.
And we don't need to mention it to your father.
They are there; we do not need to mention them time and time again.
Do we even need to mention their role in preventing conflicts or in building peace?
There's also this one Pirate's Cove, Knight's Club, Viking's Landing, Clown Town a bunch of others we don't need to mention.
No need to mention it to anyone.
There is no need to mention it.
There's no need to mention you.
There is, therefore, no need to mention them specifically.
There is no need to mention G7 measures in connection with the framework decision.
Accordingly, there is no need to mention this aspect again here.
On whether or not I need to mention him again.
No need to mention us in your report.
One needs to mention here the increasingly complicated nature of geopolitics.
I also need to mention olive oil and cotton.
I only need to mention mobility and European educational policy.
You don't need to mention that in front of anybody.
The political, economic and security policy stability which the enlargement of the European Union will bring is something which I certainly do not need to mention.
Finally there is the Haug report which no one else has mentioned but I need to mention it.

Alternatives:

we have to mention
we must mention
we are required to mention
we ought to mention
we are obligated to mention

we should mention

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to suggest or recommend mentioning something.

Examples:

We should mention the budget constraints in the report.
He thinks we should mention the issue in the next meeting.

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First of all, we should mention that it is not enough to speak only about the funds available through the Seventh Framework Programme for development and research.
For example, we should mention that some of the Baltic States have managed to overcome the crisis and that, with European support, Ireland will succeed in returning to the bond markets next year.
I think we should mention it to Carter, yes.
Finally, other crucial factors we should mention are education, training and skills: human resources or human capital are in fact increasingly important for industrial competitiveness.
Nevertheless, we should mention some positive cases, for example the speedy release of Chinese journalists, including Yu Huafeng and Ching Cheong.
In my view, if we want to talk about agriculture in this context, we should mention some other things as well.
I consider it right and proper, Mr Rübig, that we should mention all the affected parties.
That is, however, not the only subject we should mention in relation to the annual report, which is presumably the last one for which Mr Duisenberg will be responsible.
On top of this, we should mention the new financial prospects that such a tax would offer, since its introduction could generate some EUR 200 billion per year.
Thirdly, in this context we should mention the agreement concerning the North European Gas Pipeline, in the construction of which the former German Chancellor has obtained a post, giving rise to concerns about political corruption.
When Sam gets here, I don't think we should mention Frankie leaving.
In a rapid assessment of the results achieved, we should mention the establishment of better conditions for continuing to improve the performance of the budget and make it more effective.
This report is not intransigent, nor is it extremist, and I believe that we should mention the efforts on the part of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the various groups, in negotiating with the Council, to iron out specific differences of opinion.
When Sam gets here, I don't think we should mention Frankie leaving.
In other words, if we want a climate policy, we need an active coal policy and we should mention that in the same breath as renewable energy, because 80% of the world's energy is still generated from fossil fuels.
Perhaps we should mention those countries which, instead of thinking about the justice and fairness of the system, are thinking about how much more or less they would collect depending on the form of the Commission's proposals?
We should mention, for the people in our audience who don't know, Wilhelmina took over Mode from Alexis' brother, Daniel Meade.
We should mention the following points in the agreement reached:
We should mention the following points in the agreement reached:
We should mention two sectors in which the European institutions complained of slowness in the past.

Alternatives:

we ought to mention
we could mention
we might mention
we may mention
we can mention

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we need to mention vs we should mention