Translation of "Eine chance vergeben" in English

Democrats have stupidly squandered an incredible opportunity.

Brazil also missed a huge chance here.

Europe has thus missed an opportunity to extend its rules worldwide and to achieve uniform regulation.

In summary, following promising developments in countries such as Mali, Benin and Liberia, it is a crying shame that a regional superpower such as Nigeria has missed a great opportunity.

But aside from this, the report contains some aspects, above all regarding the need to use a method similar to the Convention that drew up the Charter of Fundamental Rights and also the need to begin a constitutional process culminating in the adoption of the European Union Constitution, which made me inclined to vote in favour of it, despite my conviction that Nice was a wasted opportunity.

Because this report is addressed to a broad readership, it is a pity to have to say that the paragraph on the social dialogue and the social partners has missed the opportunity of dealing with the subjects being discussed by the social partners in the framework of the social protocol.

Europe will therefore be missing a huge opportunity if it does not take an appropriate share of the economic benefit expected from GNSS applications.

With the time allocation as it stands, I think we have lost a very important opportunity in this discussion.

But it is at the same time less common and less obvious that the result of safety training should be critically examined and assessed as to whether the teaching objective has been achieved and how effective the training course has been. The assessment criterion is not so much the amount of material retained as the extent to which attitudes and behaviour have changed, in other words to what extent the trainees after the conclusion of their training think and act in greater awareness of safety than before.

Certain forms of teaching and learning are also suggested by the course objectives and subject matter. The reverse is also true, however - namely that teaching and learning forms can decisively in­fluence the educational value of a course quite independent of the objectives and subject matter defined for it, and can even go beyond these.

This opportunist policy led to the bloody defeat of the Chinese revolution and the missing of an opportunity in Britain in 1926 and, more importantly, in Germany in 1923.

President Abdurrahman Wahid had planned to open the congress, but due to his last minute change of mind he has now missed the chance to resume a dialogue with the West Papuan people.

Romuald Schaber, the President of the European Milk Board (EMB), the association representing milk producer organisations in Europe, declared concerning the results of the trialogue that "Once again the chance was missed to make dairy markets in Europe more resistant to crises thanks to efficient and cost-effective instruments.

A chance that perhaps no other country except Germany ever had – which was due to its miserable history in the 20th century.

On the one hand, an opportunity has undoubtedly been missed: that of making the dairy markets in Europe resistant to crisis as quickly as possible with effective and cost-efficient instruments.

This opportunist policy led to the bloody defeat of the Chinese revolution and the missing of an opportunity in Britain in 1926 and, more importantly, in Germany in 1923.

It could also mean a lost opportunity to promote respect for human rights.

And making no agreement at all instead of a voluntary one would be a wasted opportunity.

If by chance there was a lack of powers or resources, the reform of the Treaty was surely a lost opportunity to strengthen this post.

Mr President, I think that the Treaty of Nice will go down in history as a clear example of a lost opportunity, due to the specific requirements of the unyielding defenders of the power of the Member States.

It was only through beseeching the Church State to intercede on their behalf that they could stand any chance of forgiveness in the afterlife.