"borrón y cuenta nueva" in English

I regret to say that a line has still not been drawn under this period.

Some are pretty much built-in, until there is a complete wipe-clean of the slate and we start all over.

Sixty years have passed since the Second World War, and Europe together with its allies is shaping its future.

The relaunching of the Single Market is a historic chance for Europe to get back to business.

It is much too expensive. If it is just a certain amount - forget it, we do not look too closely at it.

We are not going to wipe the slate clean with the Somali Government in our efforts to achieve peace.

to start with a clean sheet

As the latter said in one of his last interviews, this will not suit a lot of the people who are seeking to make a clean break with the past.

Perhaps the heads of government must have the courage simply to draw a line under the negotiations and say " let us go ahead and do it '.

Enlargement would have been an opportunity to have started with a clean sheet, but it was missed with Agenda 2000's so-called reforms; and it will be missed again.

I hope that the Commission will take the report to heart and begin with a clean slate to pursue a good and consistent policy on tourism in the future in DG XXIII.