"rígida" in English

The story is that Albania imposed the harshest of dictatorships on itself.

At this present time there is no alternative to the strict monetary policy.

The ECB' s attitude, however, can be described as somewhat inflexible.

The ECB's attitude, however, can be described as somewhat inflexible.

I support EU enlargement with a wider, looser flexible Europe.

I feel that, in this field, they are playing the national sovereignty card too rigidly.

We also note that there is a tougher stance on the part of the Russians with regard to Chechnya.

An unwieldy and costly administration reduces that effectiveness.

However, budgetary balances do not necessarily have to be set in stone.

I hope that we will not jeopardise the entire directive on account of a too principled stance on one point.

The failure of the Hague conference was attributable in no small part to the rigidity of the Turkish position.

I believe that education, not overburdensome regulation, is the key for our workforce for the future.

We shall also do everything – and Mr Paasilinna is right in this regard – to bring in a tough policy.

As I see it, the fact that no agreement was reached was ultimately down to the intransigence of the European Union.

I cannot give my backing to such strong wording.

What had been an unwieldy bureaucratic proposal has now become an acceptable, though not ideal, compromise.

The reality is that the EU has gone stiff.

Strict requirements and effective control are indispensable, but competition should be kept clean in the process.

I feel that if we leave the choice of competent authority to companies, we encourage the lowest-bidding regulator.

I would therefore ask the Commissioner if on that point he envisages strictly enforcing the rules of competition.