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the main elements of the existing policy were drawn up largely between 1988 and 1995 when we were still a community of twelve member states;
l-elementi ewlenin tal-politika attwali tfasslu fil-biċċa l-kbira bejn l-1986 u l-1995 meta konna għadna komunità ta' tnax-il stat membru;

and it was once more only when we were at the brink that we were able to see the bigger picture and to live up to our responsibilities.
u għal darba oħra huwa biss meta wasalna fix-xifer illi konna kapaċi naraw l-istampa kollha u li nerfgħu r-responsabbiltajiet tagħna.

i can compare the dynamics of the european council in 1992 or 1994, when we were 12 members and when foreign ministers participated in those meetings and today.
nista' nqabbel id-dinamika tal-kunsill ewropew kif kienet fl-1992 jew fl-1994, meta konna 12-il membru u meta l-ministri għall-affarijiet barranin kienu jieħdu sehem f'dawk il-laqgħat, mad-dinamika tal-lum.