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il gruppo del ppe ha votato obtorto collo, ma si è dichiarato contrario a tutti questi emendamenti.
the group of the european people's party (christian democrats) and european democrats voted for the motion against its will, and it declared its opposition to all these amendments.
esse faranno sì che tali paesi potranno armonizzare i propri sistemi giuridici a quelli della comunità solo obtorto collo.
these will mean that these countries can approximate their legislation to the community system only "by the skin of their teeth".
fra i filosofi, tuttavia, ce ne sarebbero alcuni che al principio della lotta, obtorto collo, devono sottostare.
the philosophers, however, there would be some that the principle of the struggle, reluctantly, must comply with.
oggi, su un totale di 1.350.000 (1990) soltanto 95.000 sono state vendite di ciclomotori a prestazioni ridotte (20-50-30 km/h) di 2/3 prodotti "obtorto collo" dalle industrie "mediterranee" (come le chiama la stessa commissione).
the total current (1990) sales figure of 1,350,000 includes only 95,000 low-performance models (20-25-30 km/h) and two-thirds of these were produced "reluctantly" by the "mediterranean" industry (as the commission itself calls it).