Translate the following English sentence to French:
"The question is whether the choice is meeting by meeting or structure by structure and we have made it gently and courteously but firmly clear what our view is of the matter."
La question est de savoir si le choix se fait réunion par réunion ou structure par structure et nous avons expliqué, gentiment et courtoisement, mais clairement et fermement, notre avis sur le sujet.