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Être de nouveau à l’ordre du jour

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To be back on the agenda

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Qqn qui retourne sa veste

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A turn-coat

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Refaire surface

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To resurface

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Raviver un débat très ancien

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To rekindle / stir / revive a long-running / standing debate

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Rejeter une proposition par le vote

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To vote down

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Être l’occasion d’une rébellion massive

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To give rise to a large-scale / widespread revolt

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Des conservateurs eurosceptiques

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Torry eurosceptics

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N’avoir aucune chance d’être adopté

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To stand no chance of being

To stand hardly any chance of being passed

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La coalition au pouvoir

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The coalition in office

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Une défaite politique majeure

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A major political slap in the face / blow / set back

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Être élu

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To be voted into office

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Les règles qui régissent le marché unique

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The guidelines that regulate the single market

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Être réélu

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To be voted back into office

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Préciser

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To specify

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Les douanes

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Customs

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Ampleur

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Scope

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Débouché

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An outlet

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Un faucon

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A hawk

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Une colombe

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A dove

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La meilleure des pires solutions

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The least bad option

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Se montrer intransigeant sur

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To take a hardline on smth

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Semer l’anarchie

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To spread mayhem across

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Scier la branche sur laquelle on est assis

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To bit the hand that feeds you

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N’être pas disposé à faire qqch

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To be unwilling to do something

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Un projet de

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A blueprint for

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Obstruction parlementaire

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To filibuster

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A hawkish policy

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Une politique guerière

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A dovish stand

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Être en faveur de la paix

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Un contretemps

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A mere run-in