But that halcyon scenario looks increasingly improbable.

A common fiscal policy remains a distant dream, as does a genuine political union.

As a result, debt stabilization seems to be an increasingly elusive target.

BOGOTA, LIMA, SANTIAGO International economic coordination is as necessary as it is elusive.

But, for now, however logical such an objective may be, it is probably too much to hope for.

Nevertheless, our recovery remains fragile, and our success is far from assured.

Any solid understanding of the causes of this turnaround is likely to prove elusive.

It might be a distant dream, but dreaming is what New Year s is all about.

Tatoeba Did you think that microchipping members with their sentences is far fetched?

So one should never give up hope, even when hope seems impossible to sustain.

Cooperation and coordination of this kind and at this level were unattainable during earlier financial crises.

The objective of zero tariffs for all goods originating in LDCs remained elusive.

Despite new joint projects in energy efficiency and environmental protection, areas in which China ranks Japan as the best performer among industrialized countries, the two sides remain in bitterly divided over these territorial waters, which contain huge potential oil, gas, and other mineral deposits.

Of course, this is a dream that has been extraordinarily elusive in our first 200 years of independence.

Forty years after the Six Day War peace between Israelis and Palestinians seems as distant as ever.

Our view is that, even though a goal may become elusive, we should neither change the target nor abandon our vision.

Alas, the election makes such agreement more distant than ever.

Doing away with this illusion requires the creation of a global emissions market still a very distant goal.

Absent that, peace and prosperity for all the peoples in the Middle East will continue to be but a distant hope.

Success may still prove elusive, but a new game with a greater possibility for success will have begun.

But this objective was also unattainable under President Mohammad Khatami, Ahmadinejad s reform minded predecessor.

Opponents of nuclear disarmament used to argue that this goal was unattainable in the absence of an effective system of control and verification.

In Japan, solid economic performance remains elusive, while prime ministers succeed each other at a breathtaking pace.

Indeed, the modest economic recovery that should benefit many countries in 2013 seems to be eluding Italy.

The reports that have been submitted for our consideration are evidence of the fact that, while we have made progress in certain areas, we are far from having obtained encouraging results.

As a result, fiscal consolidation becomes increasingly difficult to achieve, inviting renewed speculative attacks.

Today, ending the occupation of Palestinian territories that began that June seems as distant a dream as ever.

This economic and psychological status quo ensures that, after 50 years of independence, true emancipation for Françafrique will remain a distant prospect.

Now its economic project lies in tatters while the leadership needed to rekindle political integration is nowhere to be seen.

The Congress will inevitably be under acute pressure to perform, as the electorate now knows that better performance is not beyond its grasp.

Smith s ruling finds that a bright line ethical distinction is elusive, and that the view that there is no such ethical distinction is persuasive.

The military s belief that Malay Muslims could be re educated and re socialized into accepting a Thai identity has proved untenable.

These can be provided in politically palatable ways, which also means that the conclusion of Doha is within our reach, not beyond our grasp.

This is pie in the sky. Unless a large part of its debt is forgiven, Greece will not regain creditworthiness.

Of course, this is a dream that has been extraordinarily elusive in our first 200 years of independence. So why should now be different?

And yet service sector reform remains just out of reach for the region, owing to the absence of the political will needed to dismantle the vested interests that keep it there.

It is true, they say, that the Bush administration launched the Free Trade Area of the Americas, but hemispheric free trade looks as distant today as ever.

Europe s economic peace remains elusive for a simple reason governments have still not found a way to generate the trifecta of growth, employment, and financial stability.

We are told that NATO and the West cannot build a nation there and that the goals that have been set for establishing democracy and prosperity are unattainable.

Reconciliation may seem far off for, say, the peoples of Japan, China, and South Korea, but it is taken for granted by today s Europeans.

The majority of the United Nations Member States realized some time ago that, although a 100 per cent consensus on those matters would be desirable, it simply is not reachable.

The point of departure for Western students freedom of speech and assembly, ideological pluralism, and a democratic political system was, for their Eastern colleagues, a distant objective that they were unlikely to achieve.

But, given the scant interest of European Union members in transferring further competences (and juicy international positions) to the EU level, the chances that this solution will prevail seem remote.

Policy makers in developing countries are concerned that being forced to go down this path could put modern energy services beyond the reach of poor countries, families, and communities.

That might happen one day, as the borderlines between different sub sectors of the financial system become more blurred. But, for now, however logical such an objective may be, it is probably too much to hope for.