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If we are clamping down on public monopolies, as we are doing a great deal at the moment, then there is absolutely no excuse for tolerating commercial monopolies.
Si nous nous attaquons aux monopoles publics - nous le faisons très volontiers aujourd'hui - nous n'avons aucune raison de tolérer les monopoles commerciaux.
We have even managed to bring in the more ambitious requirement that the quality of groundwater should not deteriorate, and so, rather than fighting a running battle, we really are clamping down on pollution.
Nous avons même réussi à intégrer une exigence plus ambitieuse, à savoir que la qualité des eaux souterraines ne se détériore pas. Donc, au lieu de mener une lutte perpétuelle, nous prenons des mesures pour contrer la pollution.
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