Vous avez cherché: konfrontationstid (Danois - Anglais)

de har forstået, men en smule sent, at vi er midt i en konfrontationstid, og at europa-parlamentet regnede med, at de ville kapitulere, så det kunne bevise dets autoritet over for rådet og kommissionen.
the second victim is italy, which gave in to the european parliament when the latter forced mr berlusconi to replace the commissioner he had appointed, and whose competence and honesty had not been challenged by anyone before his hearing.