【单选题】

These ------- over details are an indication of more serious battles to come, between those who want a strong centre at the heart of the Union and those who want to ------- the power ceded by national governments.
A．(A) sympathies... boost

B．(B) agreements... measure
C．(C) adjudications ... consolidate
D．(D) assumptions ... inscribe
E．(E) skirmishes... limit