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The Irish government is also trying to regain a sense of the momentousness of the occasion. This has been slowly eroded as the new member states are already to a large extent embroiled in EU bureaucracy. Added to this was last month’s bitter fallout over the EU Constitution, which pitted Poland - the largest new member state - against Germany.
sense – smysl, pocit to regain – obnovit, znova nabýt momentousness - důležitost, závažnost slowly – pomalu to erode – erodovat, narušit embroiled in – zapletený (do čeho)
to add – dodat, přidat bitter – hořký fallout (over) – rozpor, roztržka (kvůli) to pit sb – postavit (koho proti komu/čemu)
"We want to involve as many people as possible", said an Irish spokesperson "to keep it from being a purely political event removed from the citizens". Speaking in Dublin on Tuesday (6 January), European Commission President Romano Prodi praised the plans. Mr Prodi said, "I am happy you have decided to have a great day’s celebration with your people". He added that it was a way of saying "Not only did we do it [enlargement], but we like it".
to involve – zahrnout as many … as possible - tolik … kolik je možné spokesperson – mluvčí keep sth from – chránit před, vyhýbat se čemu purely – čistě event – událost to remove – odstranit citizen – občan to praise – chválit to add – dodat
a way of saying – způsob, jak vyjádřit enlargement - rozšíření
Připravuje Markéta Frýbová