avert

I find it absolutely appalling that all of us in Europe are averting our eyes and that we are failing to take action.
Je trouve absolument consternant que nous tous, en Europe, détournions le regard au lieu d'agir.
The Georgian question is a political one - and there again we are averting our gaze, because we are preparing to approve a very reasonable resolution which does not add to the problem.
La question de la Géorgie est politique - et là aussi on se voile un peu la face, puisqu'on s'apprête à voter une résolution bien raisonnable qui n'ajoute rien au problème.
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