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J’avais insisté sur la nécessité que cette Agence soit indépendante et transparente.
I stressed the need for the agency to be independent and transparent.
Si tu avais insisté, personne n'aurait compris.
You were right not to, they wouldn't understand.
Quand les plafonds d' émissions ont été examinés en première lecture au Parlement européen en mars dernier, j' avais insisté sur le fait qu' il ne fallait pas fixer de nouveaux objectifs avant que les objectifs fixés antérieurement aient été atteints.
When emission limits were being discussed in Parliament' s first reading in March of last year, I stressed that new targets should not be set before the earlier ones had been achieved.
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