Le Conseil essaye par tous les moyens à sa disposition d'influencer cette situation.
The Council is trying with all the means at its disposal to influence this situation.
Nous sommes enfin parvenus à faire taire l'industrie des huiles, qui a essayé, par tous les moyens, de bloquer la directive.
We have finally silenced the oil industry, which tried to block the directive with every means at its disposal.
Tout le monde a essayé par tous les moyens de soulever cette question mais, à mon avis, c'est sa proposition qui est la plus louable et la plus adéquate.
Everyone has certainly tried in all manner of ways to highlight the importance of this question; nevertheless, I think his proposal is this time the most valuable and the most appropriate one in this situation.
Le gouvernement français a essayé par tous les moyens de faire avancer une question qui ne relève pas directement de lui, mais d'une société, je le répète.
The French Government has used all possible means to try to make progress on a question which is not its direct responsibility, but that of a company, as I would repeat.
J'estime franchement que, devant de tels propos, il faut bien tenir la barre et je comprends la frustration du personnel humanitaire sur place, qui essaye par tous les moyens de faire quelque chose et d'intervenir.
I have no doubt at all that, when you hear that kind of thing, you do have to keep a tight grip on yourself, and I can well understand the frustration of the humanitarian workers in the field, trying everything they know to do something, to take some positive action.