There is nothing wrong with that, but on this occasion he has gone too far.

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But this is not on the commission's agenda, and Mario Monti, the relevant commissioner, has gone out of his way to say that he has no intention of putting it there.

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On property prices, he noted that there has been some softening, but also pointed out that many prices had gone up too quickly.

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Everything has gone through him, and it's just a shame for him that he wasn't there at the end.

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"Given Lords reform has gone away for the time being there is an added sharpness to getting more women in, " he argues.

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