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Si los dirigentes del movimiento obrero griego hubieran defendido una política revolucionaria habrían podido tomar el poder.	If the leaders of the Greek labour movement had had a revolutionary policy, they could have taken power.
Lo que debería haber pasado si el arte contemporáneo fuera pop es que sus propios fans lo hubieran defendido.	What should have happened, if contemporary art were pop is that it should have been defended by its own fans.
Teniendo en cuenta la probabilidad de que las personas acusadas de haber suspendido culposamente ese plan se hubieran defendido enérgicamente para no comprometer su propia responsabilidad.	Having regard to the fact that the persons accused of having suspended that plan wrongfully would probably have defended themselves vigorously in order not to be rendered liable.
Sin embargo, ahora no estaríamos contemplando un proyecto legislativo mutilado si el señor Barroso y sus Comisarios hubieran defendido su proyecto de directiva en lugar de luchar contra molinos de viento.	However, we would not be contemplating such an emasculation of draft legislation if Mr Barroso and his Commissioners had defended their draft directive instead of tilting at windmills.