The negotiations were difficult.

It has been close to Europe down the centuries.

The negotiations on this text were difficult.

JEPSEN (ED). (DA) Mr President, Parliament is discussing farm prices today in a way rather different to that we are accustomed to.

The negotiations on these proposals have unfortunately proved very difficult.

These were intensive, difficult negotiations to the last.

Seeler those who are familiar with the Asian mentality will know that saving face is enormously important there.

We all knew from the start that it was a difficult negotiation.

True, such talks will be difficult, and they may not succeed.

The second financial protocol with Malta was the outcome of difficult negotiations.

They are the result of four years of extremely difficult and tough negotiations.

At the end of the long and tortuous negotiation process, some wounds still have not been healed.

You will all be aware of the difficult negotiations leading up to the adoption of the common position.

The same movements will militate in favour of a repatriation of human beings and capital which have fled the scene.

It is an important and complex issue both politically and economically, as I am sure honourable Members are aware.

Furthermore, no one should deceive themselves into thinking that only multilateral negotiations are difficult.

Within this setting, the Commission is proposing to its partners that in com pensation for access to their waters, they will be granted those concessions which are best suited to their needs.

As you know, these negotiations are not straightforward and you also know why they are so complex.

This has been incredibly difficult and complicated, and it has not yet been resolved.

Instead, it has been imposed upon him by a strange and extreme version of political horse trading.

Only a strong Israeli government can make the painful decisions necessary for negotiations with the Palestinians to succeed.

I would also appeal to you to address difficult issues in the negotiations with Russia.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, negotiations on a common European asylum policy are proving to be tough and difficult.

We also thank other Member States for coming to agreement after two weeks of difficult negotiations.

A balanced approach within institutions is required negotiations with MS might be difficult

Here, too, I must thank the Greek Presidency for driving forward these negotiations, which were, in actual fact, extremely difficult.

It is not altogether easy to combine harmoniously countries geared to a free market economy and statetrading countries, or to devise procedures for doing so.

The delegation also had a great responsibility in this negotiation because we had many difficult decisions to take.

These are some aspects of the progress that has been achieved in the course of the tough negotiations of recent months.

Why were the negotiations difficult? Because the difference between the Council and Parliament's positions was considerable.

This is a great moment, but this great moment does not mark the completion of the work, for the difficult negotiations will continue until December.

They were difficult negotiations that were to lay the foundations of a stringent policy aimed at stabilising the euro.

First, that night of hard negotiations in Brussels reinforced the two tier Europe for the next two decades.

The Nigerian military is caught between two grim positions forceful attack and losing the girls or slow negotiations.

Ms. Wang Xinxia (China) said that the current scale methodology had been agreed after long hours of difficult negotiations.

I would, however, like to thank Mrs Hautala because, despite the difficulties of the negotiations, we have succeeded in achieving an excellent result.

And, in the end, this focus on the defensive side of trade liberalization makes negotiations more difficult.

Yet, given intense opposition to further fiscal and political integration, progress, if it is to occur, will entail difficult and divisive negotiations.

Difficult negotiations and consultations undertaken in Europe in Rio de Janeiro, with British mediation and pressure, resulted in the final recognition of the independence on .

The extension of the wide ranging 'acquis communautaire' in agricultural policy to the GDR will require complex negotiations within the Community.

The Railway Infrastructure Package agreed by the Transport Council last December was the result of some very difficult negotiations.

No French delegation from the European Parliament could possibly question the compromise which resulted from the difficult negotiations in March 1999.

Although we realise that accepting the recommendation would lead to difficult negotiations with the Council, my group voted in favour because

All our work, including the difficult negotiations, has taken such a long time precisely because of the need to respect these principles.

We take this occasion to warmly thank the Chairman of the Working Group, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser of Liechtenstein, for his excellent conduct of the sometimes difficult negotiations.