History, he says, shows how difficult cross-border mergers in the car industry are and he doubts whether consolidation-the main reason for attempting such a deal-is politically possible in Europe.

他说，历史告诉了我们在汽车行业实现跨国并购是件多么艰难的事情，而且他对合并(试图进行这一交易的主要原因)在欧洲是否存在政策上的可能性也持怀疑态度。

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Reducing entitlement spending and closing tax loopholes to create a fairer tax system with more balanced revenues is politically difficult and requires sacrifice.

降低权力支出和堵塞税收漏洞以创立一个有着更多平衡收入的公平税收系统意味着应对政策性的困难和做出牺牲。

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There was a conditional agreement: yes, Norway should manage this oil risk but it's politically difficult and that's the problem-- is that we're not able to do our optimal management.

他们在一定程度上同意我的观点：,是的，挪威应该设法解决石油的风险,但这在政治上很困难,其问题在于-,挪威无法做到最优的管理。

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That would be extremely unpopular with the public, and politically very difficult to deal with, managers told the BBC, adding nothing would be implemented which could in any way endanger public safety.

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The Economist has, in the past, argued correctly that the sequencing of the reforms was not optimal, with the relatively easy opening up of currency and financial markets preceding the politically more difficult liberalisation of goods and labour markets.

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He accepted that many of the recommended changes would be difficult politically, and he said the blueprint was aimed at providing direction for the tax system over the next 10 to 20 years.

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