Traduction de «Pause de la partie des étoiles » (Français → Anglais) :

The rule on the symbols of the European Union is at present part of the acquis communautaire, of European legislation: the flag with twelve stars and a blue background, the anthem based on the Ode to Joy, the long-standing meetings of the heads of State and Government, and even the headquarters of the European Parliament, Strasbourg, and of course we hold our sessions in Strasbourg.

The calculations are based on imaging jobs being in two clusters each day with the unit going to its lowest power mode in between (as during a lunch break), as illustrated in Figure 2, which can be found at the end of this document. It is assumed that weekends have no usage, and no manual switching-off is done.

As in all good agreements, therefore, the particular interests of the parties have been partially frustrated for the sake of the general interest, but the truth is that significant progress has been made in the area of breaks, daily and weekly breaks and weekly hours, as well as the establishment of more and stricter controls and penalties that are trans-national.

A part of the break should be given between the third and the sixth working hour.

4. it is the responsibility of the public authorities in the countries whose nationals are treated as EU nationals for the purpose of crossing external borders to make their nationals aware of this fact; that this obligation already lies with the Icelandic and Norwegian authorities, who are required to explain to their nationals that the abbreviation EEA applies to them (even though it is one which nobody really understands); that the number of Icelandic or Norwegian nationals labelled EEA who will cross the EU’s external borders from, for example, Slovenia or Slovakia does not really justify the inclusion of an additional and perfectl ...[+++]y incomprehensible abbreviation on signs; and that, furthermore, it is somewhat incongruous that the circle of stars which clearly designates the European Union should contain the extremely unfamiliar abbreviations of at least two countries which have refused to join the European Union;

I learnt that in the old flag there were five stars, one for each of the five Somali nations: French Somalia, which is now Djibouti; the British part of Somaliland, which is now part of Somalia; the British part of Kenya, which was made up of Somalis; the Italians with southern Somalia, which is now very much Somalia; and the Ethiopians in Ogaden.