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“caisses de tomates” in English

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Je félicite Mme Aelvoet, car elle a eu fort à faire pour franchir l'obstacle de ces quelques caisses de tomates.

I would also like to congratulate Mrs Aelvoet because she has worked hard to keep those cases of tomatoes out.

Voilà comment un projet qui vise à donner corps à la politique étrangère européenne peut donc finalement trébucher sur quelques caisses de tomates.

This is an embarrassing example of how a project aimed at giving shape to a European Union foreign policy can ultimately stumble over a few cases of tomatoes.

Concernant ces produits agricoles, Mme Aelvoet l'a déjà dit, il serait insensé que la conclusion d'un accord dépende de quelques malheureuses caisses de tomates.

Mrs Aelvoet has already mentioned agricultural products. An agreement should not hang on a case of tomatoes.

Veillons à ce que nos objectifs les plus ambitieux soient réalisés, car trop souvent, on annonce des objectifs impressionnants, alors qu'on finit par trébucher sur quelques caisses de tomates.

We must ensure that our main aims at least are achieved, because it has happened all too often that we have set ourselves major objectives, only to come unstuck on fairly minor issues.

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