Traduction de «have a phony emergency debate to affirm the knee-jerk » (Anglais → Français) :

– (DE) Madam President, it seems to me to be a little symptomatic for the EU in general, but also for Parliament in particular, that we should have knee-jerk debates about situations in certain countries that are in no way new.
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Lastly, it is important in the context of the politics of this kind of debate not to have a knee-jerk reaction to any particular pollution incident in the recent past.
Enfin, il est important, dans le contexte politique de ce type de débat, de ne pas réagir instinctivement aux derniers cas de pollution.

That is what the European Union is doing, and I am grateful to your House for its commitment to this and for the clear affirmations that have emerged from this debate.
C’est ce que fait l’Union européenne et je remercie cette Assemblée de l’engagement pris en ce sens et des affirmations claires qui ont été prononcées au cours de ce débat.

No. Did we simply have a phony emergency debate to affirm the knee-jerk decision made by the Prime Minister?
Non. Avons-nous simplement tenu un faux débat d'urgence pour confirmer la décision instinctive prise par le premier ministre?