Just imagine you are rowing a boat.
Imaginez que vous ramez dans un bateau.
If you are rowing in the wrong direction you cannot reach your destination no matter how zealously you row.
Si vous ramez dans la mauvaise direction, vous ne pourrez pas atteindre votre destination et cela peu importe le zèle avec lequel vous ramez.
Just imagine you are rowing a boat.
Imaginez juste que vous êtes en train de ramer sur un bateau.
If you are rowing in the wrong direction you cannot reach your destination no matter how much you row.
Si vous êtes en train de ramer dans la mauvaise direction vous ne pouvez pas atteindre votre destination peu importe combien vous ramez.
Unfortunately, however, the bureaucrats in Bruxelles, the various Barrosos, the Solanas, are rowing against the stream; people who lead Europe without any popular mandate and who do nothing but make things complicated for integration.
Malheureusement, les bureaucrates de Bruxelles s’y opposent : les Barroso, les Solana, des personnes qui sont à la tête de l’Europe sans aucune investiture populaire et qui ne font que compliquer cette intégration.
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