1 | About 2500 years ago there was a very long war. | |
2 | We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering. | |
3 | We don' t want to see Europe weakened by a protracted crisis. | |
4 | In a country in which many people are illiterate, this is time-consuming. | |
5 | Any attempt to modify this consensus runs the risk of opening up a prolonged debate. |