"punto álgido" in English

The statements about motherhood form the most disappointing part of the report.

You talk about a crowning achievement, a historical decision, a milestone.

You say that racism and xenophobia reached their peak during the second world war.

The emergence of xenophobia and racism, or tolerance and multiculturalism, is most intensely illustrated in the Mediterranean.

It must be recalled that the Eastern Partnership started being implemented when the financial crisis was in full swing.

The high point of the Greek Presidency was the solemn signature of the agreements to extend the EU to include ten new Member States.

Ladies and gentlemen, you all know that both Finland and Austria are in the middle of the European election campaign.

I saw at close quarters the fires in Portugal and Spain while they were still raging, and also the widespread devastation they wreaked.

Mr President, President Sarkozy's proposal for a Union for the Mediterranean was the highpoint of the French Presidency of the EU.

With China threatening Taiwan with over 700 rockets stationed on its coast, this is a flash point to the like of which you do not deliver weapons.

The description of the mismanagement that occurred at the height of the BSE crisis between 1990 and 1994 is absolutely incredible.

This highlights the problems of coherence between the EU and the developing nations, which came to a head at the WTO talks in Seattle.

The international aid, of which the EU continues to provide the lion's share, has reached its peak and will inevitably have to be reduced very soon.

You can take that further, as far as Russia, if you want to include such issues as the four islands that have been occupied ever since the end of the Second World War.

I am not just talking about the forest fires in the Mediterranean Basin, the worst of which were those of summer 2009 in the uplands around Athens.

At a time, then, when the crisis is hitting hard and when European solidarity is needed most, the European Union is falling unceremoniously by the wayside.

The budget line itself, however, which was created at the height of the Rio debate, has been cut from 50 million to 15 million in the 1996 budget.

Make your presidency a culinary high spot and serve up democracy, because people cannot get enough of that, it is the only thing that cures serious deficiency symptoms.

The multiannual programme before us is the culmination of years of endeavours on the part of the Council, Commission and Parliament to put the SME on the European agenda.