fait accompli

“Paving the road puts pressure on negotiators and mediators. The Israelis are trying to create a fait accompli,” says Dr Krieg.

Defeat in the 2024 election and the end of America’s multiracial pluralistic democracy with Trump’s victory seemed a fait accompli.

“We did what was needed in the past in the face of a fait accompli. We will not hesitate to act again if we encounter the same situation,” Erdogan said.

However, he said a cut at the next meeting in June has “not been ruled out” but insisted that it was “not a fait accompli.”

Following the sentencing, Mr Webber's mother said the CPS had, in November, presented her family with "a fait accompli that the decision had been made to accept manslaughter charges".