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Huelga decir que esto supondrá un jarro de agua fría para el turismo en las fronteras.

It goes without saying that this would deal a heavy blow to tourism on the borders.

(DE) Señor Presidente, me temo que voy a ser la persona que vierta el jarro de agua fría sobre todo esto.

(DE) Mr President, I am afraid that I am going to be the person to pour cold water on this.

(HU) Después de la crisis del gas de enero, la política energética común de la UE ha recibido un nuevo jarro de agua fría.

(HU) After the January gas crisis, the common European energy policy has in recent days once again received a slap in the face.

echar un jarro de agua fría

to put down

a boca de jarro

at point-blank range

Sin embargo, a pesar de que no quiero echar un jarro de agua fría, me gustaría recordar las palabras de Jacques Delors tras la conferencia que tuvo lugar hace algunos años en Río de Janeiro.

However, though I do not want to pour cold water on anything, I recall the words of Jacques Delors after the Rio Conference some years ago.

Por desgracia, el referéndum en Irlanda ha supuesto un jarro de agua fría sobre la visión optimista de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Lisboa antes de la Presidencia francesa.

Unfortunately the referendum in Ireland threw cold water onto the optimistic vision of the Lisbon Treaty's entry into force prior to the French Presidency.

Esta medida es un jarro de agua fría, y me parece a mí que no será la última, señor Presidente, porque, según tengo entendido, los Estados Unidos piensan hacer lo mismo con los productos agrícolas.

And that is not the last we have heard of it, for if I understand it correctly, the United States wants to adopt the same line for agricultural products too.

Ese es el motivo por el que dicha propuesta del Consejo ha sido recibida como un jarro de agua fría, pues no deja margen para la maniobra entre las propuestas de la Comisión y del Consejo.

This is the reason why the budget proposed by the Council came as acold shower, as it leaves no room for manoeuvre between the proposals of the European Commission and of the European Council.

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