Recently, some concessions were made by the government. They don't have a choice , she points out.

Such flexibility was not easy to offer when domestic legislation was already in force, and for that reason, the flexibility and the concessions had to be mentioned particularly.

But, for Khamenei, nuclear concessions might also undermine his monopoly over domestic politics.

The only exceptions to this were Tobago, St. Lucia, Seychelles and Mauritius.

We will always remember the difficult concessions they made in order to reach agreement.

The Millennium Development Goals are achievable, so long as we all make efforts and concessions.

Can he make sufficient concessions on borders and Jerusalem? Similar doubts apply to Abbas.

In addition, the world didn t reward Israel for making concessions and taking risks.

The Swedish government felt that it was in no position to openly contest Germany, and therefore made some concessions.

Before the Western powers, Koo demanded that Germany's concessions on Shandong to be returned to China.

Making matters worse, concessions on either side appear to leave no impression on the other. On the contrary, they are usually met with lethal provocations that push any agreement even further away.

The compromises necessary for peace are likely to lead to a stark political confrontation in Israel as well.

Stalin presented the crop failure as a sign of Ukrainian national resistance, requiring firmness rather than concessions.

In other words, achieving a lasting peace deal will require compromises from both sides the kind of compromises that Hamas has long resisted. For its part, the international community must embrace Hamas s involvement in the pursuit of a peaceful settlement of the Palestine Israel conflict.

And, if a debt crisis is near, exceptions will be found, waivers will be issued, and buyers for the additional debt will be lined up.

Mao and Deng could do this because both provided China with strong leadership.

The era when China made all the compromises in the relationship has passed.

Mutual concessions can be crafted that ensure negligible political fallout for both leaders.

Voters will learn to compromise, replacing tailor made niche parties with a couple of solid off the shelf options.

The reality is that Europe does manage to move ahead, but step by step through mutual compromise.

With a good showing, they could have then compelled Morsi s Muslim Brotherhood to accept the necessary compromises.

There will be no possibility of removing the deadlock if a minimum of concessions which are mutually acceptable to all parties are not generated.

These compromises state that nothing in the treaties will affect Irish prerogatives on abortion, military neutrality, and taxation.

The main differences between the leading Israeli parties are more atmospheric than real, mainly concerning how much to concede and how much to demand.

In this way, the terrorists oppose the purity and authenticity of their arguments to the compromises presumably forced upon religious establishments.

Treaties signed in 1947 and 1948 with the Soviet Union included obligations and restraints on Finland, as well as territorial concessions.

But these trade offs must be made if Europe s military is to meet the Continent s security needs.

This would also require marginal improvements in concessions by the major developing countries, and by the US and the European Union on services.

But wise leaders are necessarily pragmatic, because messy reality demands compromise and accommodation.

Failure to pursue further dialogue and reconciliation would involve a higher price for the parties concerned than would the compromises necessary for reaching national consensus through peaceful means.

One hopes that the Iranian government s announcement to its own people reads roughly the same, in reverse, focusing on the important concessions that Iranian negotiators have won.

Whatever balance of concessions has been achieved would unravel if we were to try to keep one set and let go of another.

Here Hamas members are simply reiterating Arafat s views, which will continue to limit the concessions any new leader can make.

One could argue that concessions on this front would simply acknowledge attitudinal and behavioral reality and allow the church to move on.

Cowardly compromise and political alibis as so often in history defeated a principled position.

Watered down by the compromises without which liberal democracies cannot thrive, socialism did a great deal of good in Western Europe.

Just before last year's trade talks in Cancun, the US made some concessions, so that it was no longer the only holdout.

Despite their harsh rhetoric, both sides know that they need to give ground and not just figuratively.

Now that the play is over and the applause has died down, it is time to check the balance sheet and see how much Obama achieved and how much he conceded.

Liberals are most needed when compromises have to be made, but not nearly as useful when faced with brute force.

Obama also faces falling support from business lobbies in manufacturing and services sectors that are demanding more concessions from other nations.

In other words, this is hardly a moment when any leader anywhere would be in a position to offer more concessions to the opposition.

Argentina favoured the broadest possible protection under the draft protocol, but realized that concessions would be necessary in order to ensure a large number of ratifications.

Given this mission, it would seem that the IMF should help extract concessions from China and the rest of the world should declare a truce.

To resolve outstanding issues with Iran, the West should be dealing with the only person powerful enough to make deals and deliver concessions.