The real test of his foreign policy will come when he starts negotiating with the Palestinians, which he has avoided so far.

Thus, the February 5, 1945, by-election became a test of the government's military policy.

The test of our policy is not the morality of attacking the terrorists -that is always moral - but only prudence in doing so.

"It will be a test of the Bush Administration's human-rights policy."

This included a test of the new British government's policy on both the European Coal and Steel and the Defence Communities.

That will be a fair test of his policy for dealing with terrorism as the policy unfolds: Does it uphold the values of America?

It also provided the Clinton Administration with the first serious test of its policy of seeking to penalize countries that spread technology for nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and ballistic missiles.

The first hard test of Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of political freedoms and economic reforms may come in Poland rather than the Soviet Union.

This is the greatest test of the European Union's common foreign policy, which is currently being rolled out.

(PL) Madam President, resolving Kosovo's status is a good test of the European Union's nascent foreign policy.