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EU finance ministers last week were unable to agree on how, or by how much, to increase the EFSF's resources.

上周，欧盟财长们未能就如何或提高多少EFSF财力达成一致。

We instruct our Finance Ministers to complete the implementation of these decisions in line with the timetable set out in the Action Plan.

我们要求各国财长按照《行动方案》中的时间表执行上述决议。

One solution would be for the PM to appoint up to, say, five lords as ministers, who would be permitted to address the Commons.

要解决这个问题，可以由首相提名——比方说——5位上院议员担任内阁大臣，允许他们在下议院发言。

The beliefs of its two main political parties are often hard to tell apart. Both their leaders are grand sons of (rival) prime ministers.

同时，其两大政党的政治信仰也是十分相似的，两位领导人都有一个担任过首相的祖父。

An official said the precise size of the package would not be disclosed, unless eurozone ministers insisted on doing so.

一名官员表示，除非欧元区财长们坚持要求，否则不会披露整个援助计划的准确规模。

Economists from Asia and the United States and government ministers from India and China said the U. S. economy was on a downward course.

来自于亚洲的，美国的经济学家和来自于印度和中国的政府官员都认为美国经济处于一个下降的趋势中。

Nevertheless, an Opec official said the meeting was likely to be held and that the preferred date among ministers was October 18-19.

不过，一位欧佩克官员表示，会议可能会召开，各国石油部长倾向的日期是10月18日至19日。

But WTO chief Pascal Lamy said ministers wanted him to revive the talks quickly and he would not "throw in the towel. "

但WTO总干事帕斯卡・拉米（PascalLamy）表示，各国部长希望他能尽快重启谈判，他也不会“缴械投降”。

And the first thing I am going to tell you frankly about it is that this country has got to be governed, not by you, but by your ministers.

我要坦率地告诉你的头一件事就是这个国家必须有人统治，不是由你，而是由你的大臣们。

He took formal charge of the ruling Peronist movement, routinely gave orders to ministers and oversaw economic policy.

他正式登上执政的裴隆党全国主席，定期向各部会首长发号施令，并监督经济政策。

In his inauguration speech, he said ministers in his administration must be "competent and just" .

在他的就职演讲中，卡尔扎伊表示政府部门官员必须“能力卓越且公正正义”。

It is not hard to see why even Western finance ministers with a low opinion of Mr. Sarkozy have rushed to anoint her.

不难看出为什么即使对萨科齐评价不高的西方国家财长们也迫不及待地美化她。

Ministers knew it made sense to crack down on junk foods but did not have the political appetite to take on such a huge industry.

官员知道，打击垃圾食品讲得通，但是没有政治欲望去承担如此巨大的产业。

The country is now trying to push into creative industries, with limited success thus far, as ministers admit.

现在新加坡正努力向创意产业进军，官员们承认迄今为止的成就还很有限。

As one of his followers pointedly remarked today, in European democracies party leaders and prime ministers tend to be elected.

他的一位追随者尖锐地指出，欧洲民主国家的政党领导人和国家总理应当是由选举产生的。

Knowing this, one of his highest ministers tried to take advantage of him.

他的一个权臣了解之后便设法利用了这点。

There were plans to launch regular high-level dialogue between the two countries' economics ministers, he said.

他表示，计划启动两国经济部长之间的定期高层对话机制。

Gates spoke on his way to Krakow, Poland for a meeting of NATO defense ministers.

盖茨是在前往波兰克拉科夫出席北约国防部长会议途中说这番话的。

Presidents, prime ministers and other leaders do not always like to talk about their health.

总统，总理和其他领导人并不喜欢谈论他们自己的健康状况。

SINCE 2006 Japan has had no fewer than five prime ministers. Three of them lasted just a year.

2006年以来，日本已经有过5位首相，其中的三位仅在任一年。