187 ordspråk av Peter Mandelson
Peter Mandelson
I want proper negotiation to start; that's all I'm asking for, ... does not add up to deal making.
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I want to believe that what happened with European integration over the last 50 years, which has given us an unprecedented period of peace, will also happen on other continents and between them,
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I wasn't responsible for creating that glitch,
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I will do my utmost to find a common ground with my colleagues on the building blocks in the main negotiating areas. I have come here to do business with others, and I hope others have come to do business with me.
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I wish there was a simple and speedy solution to meet your needs and demands, which are totally justified,
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I would make it clear to the government of Iran that any boycott of Danish goods is a boycott of the European Union as a whole. I hope that the government (of Iran) will think twice.
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I'm prepared to engage with them on this subject, but not in isolation.
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I'm proud of this country's economic record and its achievements. But let's have no exaggerated gloating.
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I've asked him if there will be an offer. It's not a new offer were asking for, it's a first offer and none was tabled this morning.
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If that means taking it to the furthest extremity of the envelope that I've been given by the reforms that have been agreed, then I would have no hesitation in going to that furthest extremity,
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If the circumstances allow -- if key partners put something worthwhile on the table -- the EU will be prepared to further enhance our current agricultural offer.
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If the talks stopped, we would lose next to nothing.
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If the United States is similarly willing, as reports indicate this morning, to negotiate further on its agriculture offer, this is an important advance. I welcome it.
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If they cooperate I believe we will be able to unblock all the goods currently held at customs by the middle of next month,
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If we do not advance this negotiation in concrete terms this week -- and among ourselves today -- we will have to acknowledge that we may simply run out of time for Hong Kong,
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