Sentence examples for tortuous negotiation from inspiring English sources

The current directive took about 14 years of tortuous negotiation before it came into force in 2005.

He faces more even than the habitual vacillation of his allies who, having agreed a modest compromise after tortuous negotiation, are now trying to water it down again.

ABN Amro succeeded this time only after failing last year, after a tortuous negotiation, to reach a similar agreement with another fund-management firm.

That is the clear process, enshrined in the Lisbon treaty, after a tortuous negotiation about the balance between nation states and the European parliament.

In practice, distrust of Iran's intentions runs far too deep for such a scheme to work.Britain, France and Germany, the countries that have invested most in a tortuous negotiation process that started in 2003, have been here many times before.

The 1985 Hillsborough Agreement was the product of tortuous negotiation requiring stoic patience from Dr FitzGerald, particularly when he was pressed to react to Mrs Thatcher's dismissive rejection of the New Ireland Forum report.

The man who helped negotiate Mr. Fowler's release during months of tortuous negotiations, Moustapha Chafi, an adviser to several governments in the region, described the Islamists' mind-set as "total fanaticism".

Tortuous negotiations between Egypt and Israel ensued.

The long and tortuous negotiations were probably worthwhile.

The agreement followed months of tortuous negotiations conducted in secret.

Tortuous negotiations over the list and order of speakers had failed to yield agreement.