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Estructura completa
To call spade a spade
Variantes
Directly; pointed; emphatic.
Contexto
In his reply, the MEP said: “EU farmers are facing a budget cut of nearly 10% in direct payments and nearly 12% in indirect payment. We need to call a spade a spade. There’s no getting away from the fact that farmers were let down with these cuts to CAP; we shouldn’t forget that.