Nous parlons en fait de questions mineures dans l'ensemble des choses.
We are actually talking about what are minor issues in the global picture of things.
Les gens ne veulent pas du tout être cocoonés pour les questions mineures.
People do not expect to be nannied over minor issues.
J'aimerais que ce débat sur des questions mineures cesse et que nous puissions entamer le débat sur la situation en Irak!
I would like the debate about money to stop, so that we can start with the debate on Iraq!
Il y a d'autres questions, mineures sans doute, mais importantes, telles que la confiscation des biens de citoyens européens.
There are other subjects which are no doubt slightly less important but they are still of importance nonehteless, such as the confiscation of assets of European citizens.
En fait, il me semble que le plus grand danger est que des différends concernant des questions mineures détournent l'attention du sujet principal.
That is what I see as the biggest threat, in other words, that conflicts concerning various side issues take the focus away from the main issue.