translate English to French: I have been able to tell Commissioner Mandelson that, in Hong Kong, the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council were more united than in Brussels, and that was important in this difficult negotiation.
J’ai pu expliquer au commissaire Mandelson qu’à Hong Kong, la Commission, le Parlement européen et le Conseil se sont montrés plus unis qu’à Bruxelles, ce qui s’est avéré important lors de cette difficile négociation.