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“brandir le spectre” in English
5 examplesJ'insiste sur ce point : il faut arrêter de brandir le spectre de l'interdiction et de l'Europe qui castre.
I stress the point that we must stop brandishing the prospect of bans and of a Europe that castrates.
Jusqu'où pouvons-nous brandir le spectre du désintéressement, sans courir le risque d'éloigner définitivement le citoyen des centres décisionnels?
How much strain can we place on public disaffection, without running the risk of alienating our citizens once and for all from the centres of decision-making?
Cela devrait être, et ce serait sensé, volontaire et éventuellement aussi accompagné d'un système d'incitants, au lieu de brandir le spectre de sanctions et de menaces.
They must come to have confidence in the fact that they will only be asked to do what is absolutely necessary. We should consider putting this on a voluntary basis and setting up a system of incentives instead of penalties and threats.
J'ai été particulièrement irrité par les efforts cyniques déployés par l'industrie du tabac afin de brandir le spectre des pertes d'emploi et de mettre cette mesure en péril.
I have been particularly upset at the cynical efforts of the tobacco industry to use the spectre of job losses to threaten this measure.
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