"poca monta" in English

It is important, Mr President, for this is no trivial matter.

The Council procedure made it impossible although only very minor amendments were being made.

The four Nice leftovers are not small or casual affairs.

they're not interested in small fry like us

There is of course a type of criminal beside whom the small fry we have outside the EU pale into insignificance.

Is this an unimportant issue?

this is no small matter

he fought in bullrings of little note

some little one-horse operation

a hole-in-the-wall business

people of little standing

And yet the French authorities are now insisting on breakdowns for small claims and insisting that claims be submitted in French.

First, why do so few people start a business, when a relatively large number of individuals express their appreciation and respect for entrepreneurship?

These are not trifling matters; they are the fundamental issues that were used by the opponents of the Constitution to obtain a 'no' vote in the French referendum.

Quibbling over the clause in the Treaty will resolve little, and change rests, in any case, on the same unanimity which has led to inaction up to now.

In addition, we took into account minor items of expenditure, and the fact that the financial perspective ceilings leave considerable room for manoeuvre.

I take the view that the issue of nationalism, this culture of impunity, with four wanted criminals - and not small fry either - still running around free in Serbia, is intolerable.