Translation of "Es ist auffallend" in English

It is striking to note the great differences in our Member States' constitutional origins.

Things have been awfully quiet around here.

Progress has been made, of course, witness the 23 proposals outlined by Mrs Papandreou.

It is also striking that South Africa took hardly any prisoners.

It is remarkable that he should derive philosophical ideas from Marx’s principal work.

The timeliness of these words is striking.

It is striking to observe how persecutions and oppressions multiply one's strength.

It is notable that most families remained loyal to their town.

It is striking that the Council never makes cuts in nuclear energy or nuclear fusion programmes.

It is indeed very striking that you should put a few fresh requirements forward in this respect.

The third head that the Council have referred to is international validity of criminal judgments.

It is remarkable how these same two words are so often pronounced in the same breath.

I am in fact pleased, Mr President, and Mr De Clercq made the same point, that in order to avoid this the Council was willing to initiate the conciliation procedure and that this 1975 conciliation procedure has set a precedent in foreign relations.

It is remarkable that not any Italian belonged to Igantius' friend circle in Paris.

It is very striking how often the sagas speak of king Olav's luck.

It is apparent, that the circle seems to have a special role in your Art.

It's a strikingly dark shade of black that gleams as light is reflected.

It is remarkable that Ignatius later completely desisted from this idea.

It is especially amazing when this is repeated by those who are themselves slumberers, and who continue to sleep.

It is also striking that everything in the church is placed in a semicircle.

Strikingly enough, though, the Commission has proposed to impose firm restraints on the scope for cabotage.

It is noticeable how the Commission always stresses that social policy must remain a national matter.

It is nevertheless striking that, in the countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the greatest levels of equality in terms of income are found in pensions, or that, due to the crisis, private pensions lost 20% of their value in 2008 alone and are currently still far from meeting the required levels of solvency.

But it is striking that in our society the current ideology projects only the image of the ideal person as young and healthy.

It is also striking that in particular the big Member States with a major interest in the nuclear energy sector such as France, Germany and the United Kingdom are blocking SAVE II in the Council.

It is striking that, in their statement, the Council and the Commission did not mention the radical Islamism that is still the breeding ground and seedbed for international terrorism.