Yet they were also prepared to make concessions to the Shia, the country's majority group.
"We will see if Willem-Alexander must also make concessions on payments next year, " Mr. Matthijs said.
Shaiken says the union's willingness to make concessions now is a sign of the times.
To win in the lower house, he will have to make concessions to the left.
To win over the upper house, he will have to make concessions to the right.
It has yet to be determined who will have to make concessions to ease their debt burden.
For its part, the NFIB has shown its willingness to make concessions to push health care legislation forward.
At the summit later this month he will make concessions designed to lead to a common criminal law.
No nation will make concessions if it knows the U.S. Congress is able to pass amendments that may undo U.S. concessions.
Workers refused to make concessions, now they will have to make large ones.
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Schroder is not weighed down by Kohl's wartime memories and is less inclined to make concessions to the French leader.
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If his outreach succeeded, Israel would be left safer, and so might make concessions in the Middle East peace process.
If this can be done, owners will find it easier to persuade players to make concessions on salary cap levels.
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Mr Aznar is loth to make concessions even to the non-violent Basque nationalists, especially if Mr Arzalluz remains their leader.
It was the clerical establishment, after all, that guided Iran's nuclear climb-down, despite vetoing Mr Khatami's earlier efforts to make concessions.
However the biggest problem is not on the Turkish-Cypriot side, but the lack of pressure on the Greek-Cypriots to make concessions.
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Firms often aim to restrain their rivals by tying them up in lawsuits or forcing them to make concessions to appease regulators.
The new framework agreement is part of a more gradual process, where trust is slowly built up and both sides make concessions.
By working together, poor countries can force rich ones to make concessions.
For their part banks will have to make concessions of their own.
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With the loan coming due next year, Blackstone will likely have to make concessions if it wants to hold on to the properties.
Now EchoStar (nasdaq: DISH - news - people ) is scrambling to make concessions that would gain it regulatory approval.
NATO's bombs because they would give him the excuse to face down his own hawks and make concessions that he sees as inevitable.
Shaiken says the union is willing to make concessions now to try to help the company survive so it can avoid massive layoffs later.
Suzanne Maloney, an Iran expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington, thinks Iran will eventually make concessions in return for a lifting of sanctions.
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Negotiation is the art of asking for what you want and being willing to make concessions and adjustments in order to achieve the desired result.
For instance, greater Indian confidence may, just possibly, mean daring to make concessions in order to reach a deal with China over their disputed border.
The State Department says it does not make concessions to terrorists.
Many Serbs thought their country's dealings with The Hague were part of a bargaining process, in which they would make concessions in return for rewards elsewhere.
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