17 ordspråk av Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
As things stand, France therefore cannot support the commission in the agriculture proposals it has made,
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France is pushing heard inside the Union to speed up ties with Morocco.
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France would be reluctant to embrace any proposal by the European Commission to slash agricultural tariffs if it threatened the European Union's Common Agriculture Policy (CAP),
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France would be reluctant to embrace any proposal by the European Commission to slash agricultural tariffs if it threatened the European Union's Common Agriculture Policy (CAP).
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Frankly, I think Europe should have no shame given the efforts that have been undertaken, given the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy that was undertaken in 2003 and given the opening of Europe in general.
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I'm very skeptical as to the ability to reach a comprehensive agreement given how little has been achieved in the last four months.
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If we have tens of thousands of pullovers piled up at our frontiers, it's not very reasonable to apply it in a completely orthodox way,
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The meeting of experts took place this morning, and the commission was unable today to show any clear proof that the commission remains within its mandate,
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There will not be consensus and there will not be major progress (in Hong Kong),
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These are negotiations tricks,
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This accord shows the Europeans and the Chinese authorities know how to be pragmatic to solve the blockages which would have caused financial difficulties for French firms this year,
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We certainly feel in Europe that we have made very large concessions. The emerging countries, particularly the large emerging countries -- China for instance -- are going to have to propose concessions.
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We need to remind the commissioner of the red line of his mandate,
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We put that offer on the table, which is frankly the limit of where we can go.
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We still have to obtain clarification on its interpretation,
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