entamer

C'est une bonne chose que nous ayons entamé des négociations, mais il est frustrant qu'elles n'aient pas porté sur ce qui est important.
It is good that we have initiated talks, but it is frustrating that the talks are not permitted to deal with what is important.
Je ne sais pas comment il s'y est pris pour consulter ce Comité en l'espace de quelques secondes, car nous n'avons entamé la première lecture qu'à midi et cela s'est passé avant que nous ayons entamé la première lecture.
I do not know how it did that in just a few seconds, because we only had the first reading at 12.00 noon and I think this is a result of earlier this morning, before we had the first reading.
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