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Señor Presidente, la orden de detención europea se ha salvado por los pelos.

Mr President, the European arrest warrant was saved in the nick of time.

Eslovenia pudo escapar por los pelos, pero padeció profundamente la falta de libertad y seguridad.

Slovenia had a narrow escape, but it deeply experienced lack of freedom and safety itself.

Señor Presidente, podría decirse que estamos reformando por los pelos los fondos estructurales.

Mr President, you may well say that we are reforming the Structural Funds at the very last moment.

El objetivo de limitar el aumento de la temperatura a 2 °C es todavía alcanzable, aunque sea por los pelos.

The goal of limiting temperature gains to 2°C is still achievable - just!

Nos libramos por los pelos de un desastre medioambiental.

We escaped an environmental disaster by the skin of our teeth.

me salvé de repetir el año, pero fue por los pelos

I avoided having to repeat a year, but it was a near miss

Por los pelos quedo como un informal ante el Parlamento, ante el orden y ante mis colegas que asisten hoy.

This almost made me out to appear unpunctual in front of Parliament, the Chamber and my colleagues watching.

Hemos conseguido aprobar por los pelos.

We have managed to get through by the narrowest of margins.

Lamento que la Comisión se haya refugiado en tales decisiones formales, que, por otra parte, parecen traídas por los pelos.

I am sorry the committee had to resort to that kind of formal decision which, in any case, seems very far-fetched.

Consideraciones de vaga conveniencia, mal explicadas y traídas por los pelos conducen a su conclusión precipitada y chapucera.

Far-fetched and poorly explained considerations of questionable relevance lead to a hasty and slipshod conclusion.

Ante la aplicación insidiosa de un tratado federalista, aprobado por los pelos en 1992, se hace necesario un nuevo referéndum.

A new referendum is now in order, in view of the insidious implementation of a federalist Treaty that only just secured enough votes in 1992.

el partido ganó por los pelos

the party scraped in

salvarse por los pelos

to have a narrow escape

por los pelos

by the skin of sb.'s teeth

aprobar por los pelos

to scrape through

También estoy en contra de las enmiendas 2 y 43, relativas al pago de prestaciones por desempleo y que en comisión lograron pasar por los pelos.

I am also against Amendment Nos 2 and 43 concerning payment of unemployment benefits, both of which only just scraped through in committee.

por los pelos

a close shave

por los pelos

by a whisker

. - (EN) Señor Presidente, creo que este informe es una justificación traída por los pelos para la creación de la figura del Fiscal Europeo.

on behalf of the IND/DEM Group. - Mr President, I believe this report is a long and drawn-out justification for the creation of a European public prosecutor.

Señor Presidente, como todos sabemos, anoche en la Cámara de los Comunes, el ministro de Agricultura británico Douglas Hogg, superó una moción de censura por los pelos.

Mr President, as we all know last night in the House of Commons the British Agriculture Minister, Douglas Hogg, survived a vote of censure by the skin of his teeth.

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