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“l'otage d'un” in English
4 examplesL'Union européenne est totalement étrangère à cet incident et est l'otage d'un différend entre deux pays tiers.
The European Union has nothing to do with this incident and has found itself hostage to an issue between two third countries.
Je voudrais bien que ce dossier extrêmement important ne soit pas l'otage d'un nouveau problème d'interprétation juridique.
I would very much like this extremely important matter not to become the captive of yet another question of legal interpretation.
La grande distribution continue d'abuser de sa position dominante et il est aujourd'hui urgent que la Commission se saisisse de cette question pour éviter que le consommateur européen ne soit l'otage d'un système inéquitable et dangereux.
The large supermarkets are continuing to abuse their dominant position and the Commission must now discuss this question as a matter of urgency so as to prevent European consumers from being held hostage to an unfair and dangerous system.
La population est l'otage d'un régime qui ne veut pas abandonner le pouvoir pour la bonne et simple raison que la clique qui entoure le président, le commandement militaire et les services secrets veulent continuer à s'enrichir en exploitant les ressources du pays.
The people there are hostages to a regime that does not want to surrender power because the clique around the President, the military command and the secret service, wants to continue enriching itself at the expense of the country's resources.
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