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le travail préparatoire

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preparatory work

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travailler en coulisse

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to work behind the scenes

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discussions préliminaires

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exploratory talks

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envoyer pour consultation

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to dispatch for consultation

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préparer le terrain

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to lay the groundwork

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tater le terrain

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to test the waters

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définir les conditions

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to spell the conditions

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mettre les termes au point

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to settle the terms

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préparer le décors pour

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to set the stage for

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discussions, entretiens

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talks

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s’entretenir

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to confer

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un lieu

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a setting

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une toile de fond

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a backdrop

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une discussion à batons rompus

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an unstructured discussion

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une discussion pour la forme

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a perfunctory discussion

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se rencontrer face a face

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to come face to face

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les comptes rendu des reunions

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the transcripts from meetings

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mettre au point une reponse

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to draft a response

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mettre un communiqué au point

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to hammer out a communiqué

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negocier

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to negociate (over)

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un negociateur

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a negociator

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une suite de conseillers

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a retinue of aides

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un role clé

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a key player

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un plan de negociation

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a blueprint for negociation

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donner carte blanche

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to give a free hand

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donner l’ordre aux negociateurs

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to instruct negociators to

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entamer

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to get under way

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se debattre avec les problemes

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to wrestle the problems

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aller bon train

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to make good progress

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prendre des mesures

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to take steps

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une etape

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a stage

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donner le ton

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to call the tune

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l’ordre du jour

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the agenda

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un ordre du jour fixe

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a set agenda

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un point a l’ordre du jour

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an item on agenda

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une session sans ordre du jour

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a no agenda session

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mettre au point un ordre du jour

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to put together an agenda

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epuiser un ordre du jour

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to carry out an agenda

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venir en tete des préoccupations

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to top the agenda

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participer a

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to take part in

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amorcer

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to initiate

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avancer une proposition

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to put forward a proposal

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refuser de s’engager irrévocablement

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to keep-one’s option open

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les termes d’une proposition

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the terms of an offer

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faire miroiter une proposition

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to dangle an offer

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un point du débat

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a talking point

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un point de discussion

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a bargaining chip

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s’engager dans une direction

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to set off on a course

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parcourir une liste de propositions

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to run down an inventory of offers

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lancer une idée

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to float an idea

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elargir le fossé des disparités regionales

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to widen the gap between regional disparities

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perdre sa cohésion

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to lose one’s cohesion

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se plier au centralisme

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to bow to centralism

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la centralisation excessive

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overcentralisation

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emousser la volonté nationale

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to blunt national will

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perdre son identité

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to lose one’s identity

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renoncer à la souveraineté en faveur de

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to surrender sovereignty over

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sacrifier sa souveraineté

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to sell out sovereignty

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empieter sur la souveraineté

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to infringe on sovereignty

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denaturer le concept de

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to chip away at the concept of

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une souverainté diluée

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a blurred sovereignty

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trainer les pieds

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to drag one’s feet

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mettre en garde contre

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to warn of

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renacler devant les mesures

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to balk at measures

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entretenir des craintes

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to harbour fears

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se mefier du projet europe

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to be warry of project europe

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un examen rationnel

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a cool assessment

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un examen lucide

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a sober review

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le pessimisme sur l’europe

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Europessimism

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la phobie de l’europe

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europhobia

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sortir d’une impasse

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to break a deadlock

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une condition préalable

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a prerequisite

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formuler des conditions

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to spell conditions

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arracher des concessions a

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to extract concessions from

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extorquer des concessions

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to wring out concessions

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amener qqn a changer d’avis

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to talk sb around

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assainir les rapports

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to sweeten relations

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favorable

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propitious

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se concilier les bonnes graces

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to propriate

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deblayer les obstacles

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to clear the hurdles

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convaincre qqn de

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to talk sb into

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amener qqn a changer d’avis

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to talk sb round

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l’européanisme, l’européisme

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European-ness

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un partisan de l’intégration

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an integrationnist

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encourager l’intégration

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to push for integration

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ralentir le rythme de l’intégration

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to slow down the pace of immigration

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un marché intégré

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an integrated market place

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faire avancer un objectif d’integration

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to get on with a goal of integration

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faire progresser la communauté

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to chivvy the community forward

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aller de l’avant

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to forge ahed

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un consensus fédéraliste

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a federalist consensus

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respecter un engagement communautaire

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to live up a EC commitment

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redoubler de sentiments fédéralistes

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to quicken federalist sentiment

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un soutien enthousiaste de

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a whole-hearted support for

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un mouvement en faveur de l’europe

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a pro-europe surge

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attraper la fievre européenne

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to catch the European fever

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se raccrocher à l’idée de l’Europe

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to jump on the notion of Europe

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établir des règles communes

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to set common rules

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la cohésion

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cohesion

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réaliser l’unité

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to attain unity

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englober

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to embrace

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inclure

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to encompass

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parler d’une seule et meme voix sur la scene internationale

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to speak with a single voice in world affairs

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etendre les pouvoirs

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to expand powers

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un etat supra-européen

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a European superstate

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exercer son hégémonie sur

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to exert hegemony over

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exercer une prédominance

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to exercise a dominance

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un role accru

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an enhanced role

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avoir son mot à dire (dans)

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to have a say in

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laisser passer 1992

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to miss out on 1992

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ancrer un pays dans la commauté

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to anchor a country inside the community

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la libre circulation

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free movement ou free flow of

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marchandises/ capitaux/ personnes

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goods/ capital / people / services

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supprimer les controles douaniers

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to remove frontier controls

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lever les controles

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to lift controls

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supprimer les controles

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to sweep away controls

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assouplir les controles douaniers

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to ease border controls

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supprimer les frontieres

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to scrap borders

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abolir les frontieres

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to roll back the frontiers

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se passer des controles douaniers

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to do away with frontier controls

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une communauté sans frontières

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a frontier-free community

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harmoniser les politiques en matiere de visas

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to harmonize visa policies

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l’intégration économique

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economic integration

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le marché unique

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the single market

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harmoniser les politiques

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to harmonize policies

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se faire concurrencer au dela des frontieres

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to compete accross frontiers

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liberer des mouvements de capitaux à l’intérieur de la CE

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to free capital flow within the EC

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le marché des eurodollars

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the euromarket

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une euro-obligation

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a eurobond

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une euro-action

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a euroequity

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une eurodevise

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a eurocurrency

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effets de commerce en eurodevises

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eurocommercial paper

Anglais ECE 3 (10 decks)

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