Traduction de «mettre sa barre à bâbord-toute » (Français → Anglais) :

16. Calls on all parties to effectively implement the terms reached under the August 2014 ceasefire agreement; in particular, urges the Israeli authorities to immediately, unconditionally and completely lift the illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip; calls on the EU to take concrete steps to press Israel to end the blockade, notably by setting a timetable; deplores the continued restrictions by Israel on the entry of building materials into Gaza; calls on the Israeli government to cease its arbitrary and non-transparent process of listing materials as ‘dual-use’ and to bring its dual-use list in line with international standards, notabl ...[+++]y by removing wood, aggregates, steel bars and cement;

8. Calls for an immediate end to the illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip, which is a collective punishment against the local population; calls on all parties to effectively implement the terms reached under the August 2014 ceasefire agreement; calls on the EU to take concrete steps to press Israel to end the blockade, in particular by setting a timetable; deplores the continued restrictions by Israel on the entry of building materials into Gaza; calls on the Israeli Government to cease its arbitrary and non-transparent process of listing materials as ‘dual-use’ and to bring its dual-use list in line with international standards, in pa ...[+++]rticular by removing wood, aggregates, steel bars and cement; emphasises that Israel, as the occupying power and under the Fourth Geneva Convention, is the sole and main party responsible for maintaining minimum living conditions for the inhabitants of Gaza;

That was preceded the previous day by an equally curious comment by the Minister of Finance to the effect that the government is going to make some mistakes, it is likely that a few million dollars might go missing here or there, and that we should not expect too high a standard of the government in getting this stimulus package out.

the main control units such as the steering wheel or steering lever, the engine controls, the radio controls, and the controls for the acoustic signals and the warning and manoeuvring signals required under national or international navigational authority regulations, as appropriate, shall be arranged in such a way that the distance between the controls on the starboard side and those on the port side is not more than 3 m. The helmsman shall be able to operate the engines without letting go of the controls for the steering system and while still being able to operate the other controls such as the radio system, the controls for the acous ...[+++]tic signals and the warning and manoeuvring signals required under national or international navigational authority regulations, as appropriate;

Like the rapporteur, I want all the standards to be as uniform as possible in the whole of the European Union, but we need to harmonise standards that can be applied from Lapland to Andalusia, and after that, each country or each region can set the levels as high as it likes.