Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

No amount of tinkering around the margins

French translation:

aucun bricolage à la marge

Added to glossary by Eric KUATE FOTSO
Aug 15, 2021 16:43
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English term

No amount of tinkering around the margins

English to French Social Sciences Government / Politics
Bonjour,
J'ai du mal à traduire cette expression.

Crucially, surpranationalism is the defining characteristic of the EU, and the one which makes it so objectionable. Thus, you cannot reform it in any meaningful way – take away its supranational character and it ceases to be the EU - it becomes something else. To expect otherwise is to expect a cat to bark.

On that basis, there are only two options when we are asked whether we want to remain in the EU - "yes" or no". No amount of tinkering around the margins will make the EU less of a supranational organisation, and therefore reform is an irrelevance. To vote "no" is to reject supranationalism - to vote "yes" is to accept it. The idea of "reform" means nothing to us - a reformed supranational organisation is still a supranational organisation. There is not and cannot be a middle way.

http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=85602

Merci pour vos suggestions
Proposed translations (French)
5 +2 aucun bricolage à la marge

Proposed translations

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aucun bricolage à la marge


Aucun bricolage à la marge ne pourra modifier le caractère supranational de l'UE. Il faudrait des mesures/réformes structurelles.

« LE GOUVERNEMENT OPTE POUR DES RÉFORMES STRUCTURELLES PLUTÔT QUE POUR DU BRICOLAGE À LA MARGE »
https://feb.be/domaines-daction/pouvoirs-publics--politique/...

« Greenpeace Australie Pacifique a ainsi qualifié le financement pour les agriculteurs de «bricolage à la marge», qui ne s’attaque pas au fond du problème. »
https://www.loceanalabouche.com/pages/newsletters/news-2018/...
Peer comment(s):

agree Francois Boye
5 hrs
agree Laurent Di Raimondo : It sounds a bit like a popular expression, but it works quite well within the context. Well done, Phil!
23 hrs
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