"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.

Let us look at the high-water mark of European extremism, the Fascists of the 1930s.

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

Indeed, last December they overtook the prices recorded at the peak of the economic crisis.

This is the high point of the consistent work which we have carried out with the Council and the Commission.

Without it the region will remain a flashpoint.

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

Mr President, the climax of the Greek Presidency was a special summit involving the new nations of the West Balkans.

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.

It is high time this was done, given that attempts are repeatedly being made to undermine precisely these achievements in citizens ' rights for those in employment.