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Il n'y avait rien que nous eussions pu faire.
There was nothing we could have done.
Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, je doute fort que nous eussions pu espérer plus du sommet de l’OMC à Hong Kong.
Mr President, Commissioner, I doubt very much whether we could we have expected more from the WTO Summit in Hong Kong.
Le tournant qui s’amorçait nous donnait quelques inquiétudes, mais nous n’avons jamais fait le moindre geste d’hostilité – à supposer que nous eussions pu le faire –.
We had some concern about the shift in progress, but we never did anything hostile, even had we been able to do so.
À ce propos, je voudrais déclarer à Mme Frassoni et à M. Swoboda que moi aussi j'aurais souhaité que nous eussions pu aller plus loin à propos de l'accord interinstitutionnel concernant une meilleure législation.
In this connection, I wish to say to both Mrs Frassoni and Mr Swoboda that I too should have liked more progress to be made on the interinstitutional agreement on better lawmaking.
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