On February 22nd, leaders of the nine parties in Mr Prodi's coalition issued a list of 12 "non-negotiable" points.
The US had a few non-negotiable points: they wanted the Taliban to break with Al-Qaida, stop fighting, and support the Afghan constitution, including rights for women and girls, a point that was particularly important to Clinton.
The Agendas part ways on the wearing of skinny jeans, however, and this has so far proven a non-negotiable sticking point.
Decide on your boundaries, your non-negotiable crossing points.
This point is non-negotiable.
At a press conference on Monday its representatives came together to reassert their settled view that the need for a second commitment period topped their three-point list of non-negotiable requirements.
Over the past few days the president has doggedly stuck to this point as a non-negotiable element of his fiscal plans.
"Not everyone has yet well understood that there are points that are non-negotiable for the EU," he said, reiterating there would be no watering down of the EU's four freedoms – goods, services, people and capital.
Rightwingwatch describes Warren as "a friendlier version of James Dobson," pointing out his non-negotiable opposition to abortion, gay marriage, and stem-cell research.
In previous rounds of negotiations, NATO has sometimes surprised observers by backing down on points which had seemed non-negotiable only a few years earlier.
Is there any way we can increase the starting salary?" If the salary is non-negotiable, decide whether the salary is a serious sticking point for you.
