La conciliation, que nous pensions devoir être aisée, tellement nous partagions les motivations du Conseil quand il a adopté la proposition de la Commission, s'est révélée, de manière surprenante, âpre et difficile.
However, conciliation, which we had thought would be easy, since we were so much in accord with the Council’s motives when it adopted the Commission’s proposal, proved surprisingly tough and difficult.