"medias tintas" in English

We welcome that positive signal from the Commission but there can be no half measures.

Lets put an end once and for all to our disgraceful record of broken promises and half-measures.

The demands are clear and the Tunisian and Egyptian peoples would not agree to any half measures.

Energy policy still consists of half-measures and the Member States are following different strategies.

Vague statements and half-truths simply will not do any longer.

We will not be satisfied with half measures.

It is absolutely unacceptable in this day and age that the world continues to increase military expenditure and reduce expenditure on aid.

I think that Mr Romano Prodi has already entered into more detail on this and has, actually, made very valid points.

In case we have not known it so far, we can now learn the fact that a dictatorship – be it rightist or leftist – does not allow compromises.

wishy-washy politicians

I want no half measures

to beat around the bush

We therefore call for a policy based on good sense, whose starting point is a - genuine - end to the half-measures currently taken against terrorists.

Less positive is the directive's half-hearted monitoring provision in respect of toy safety standards, since manufacturers themselves are held responsible for the safety aspect.

As regards agricultural policy, we unambiguously restate the European Union's latest objectives, focusing now on high quality, healthy food production rather than quantity.

That is why it was crucial for the Annan plan to be approved, by hook or by crook, and the Greek Cypriots were intimidated from all quarters in order to accept this half-hearted proposal.