Sentence examples for blocking agreement from inspiring English sources

That is a sure formula for blocking agreement, not achieving it.

If Iran succeeds in blocking agreement on sanctions at the Security Council, it might calculate it was home free.

Meanwhile, one of the issues blocking agreement with European deputies was who would become Ms. Ashton's deputy when she is unable to appear before the European Parliament.

Meeting in Baghdad, leaders of Iraq's factions reported no immediate progress on the key issues such as how much autonomy regions should have -- blocking agreement on a new constitution, with the deadline for the draft's approval just five days away.

For three weeks, three countries, Belgium, France and Germany, have been blocking agreement by the organization's other 16 members to begin contingency planning to defend Turkey, also a member, in case it is attacked as a consequence of a future war in Iraq.

Blocking agreement on an obvious solution in Addis simply delays the inevitable while putting other critical processes at risk.

As the biggest economies, each can block agreement.

The Spanish and Polish governments blocked agreement in December.

Even now, vested interests may block agreement with the IMF.

An EU negotiating source says: "It's ridiculous to block agreement for so little".

"It's ridiculous to block agreement for so little," one EU negotiating source said.