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“tenir un langage clair” in English

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Il nous faut également tenir un langage clair avec M. Milosevic.
We must also use plain words to Mr Milosevic.
Car l'Europe n'a jamais eu le courage de tenir un langage clair à la Turquie.
Europe, after all, has never had the courage to speak plainly to Turkey.
Nous devrons sans doute tenir un langage clair vis-à-vis du Conseil en comité de conciliation.
No doubt we will have to have frank discussions with the Council in the Conciliation Committee.
Nous devons tenir un langage clair à un partenaire important, la Russie, parce que nous le prenons au sérieux !
We must spell this out to Russia, because it is an important partner which we take seriously.
Nous refusons toute déclaration démagogique - sur ce point je partage votre avis Monsieur Funke - et voulons au contraire tenir un langage clair.
We reject sound bites, Mr Funke - I agree with you there - and instead we should call a spade a spade.
Le fait que l'on n'ait jamais osé tenir un langage clair à notre voisin turc me fait craindre la seconde alternative, et a fait de moi un eurosceptique.
The fact that no one has dared to speak plainly to Turkey leads me to fear that the second possibility is the case, and at any rate has made me a eurosceptic.

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