s'abstenir

Monsieur le Président, nous allons nous abstenir sur ce rapport.
Mr President, we will be abstaining on this report.
Mais nous pensons qu'il est très intéressant d'aller de l'avant. C'est pour cette raison que nous allons nous abstenir.
However, we do believe that it is very important to move forward in this area; we are therefore going to abstain.
Nous allons nous abstenir, et j'insiste, non pas parce que le contenu ou la question ne mérite pas réflexion, mais parce que nous estimons que ce n'est ni le moment ni le lieu pour le faire.
We intend to abstain, and I stress this, not because the content or issue do not merit reflection, only that we feel that this is not the time or the place to do it.
Nous allons nous abstenir de voter sur ce rapport car même s'il est plein de bonnes intentions, il ne répond pas clairement à ce défi, et le monde du travail nous demande une réponse à ce sujet.
We are going to abstain from this report because it is full of good intentions, but it does not respond in a clear way to this challenge, and the world of work requires a response from us on this matter.
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