asphyxier

Ça asphyxierait la ville entière.
We can't take a chance, might poison the whole city.
Pour finir, Monsieur le Président, permettez-moi de rappeler aux collègues que la directive a besoin d' un new look qui rende les OPCVM encore plus attractifs, mais elle n' a pas besoin d' un corset européen qui les asphyxierait.
To conclude, Mr President, allow me to remind the House that the directive needs a makeover which will make UCITS even more attractive, but it does not need to be strapped into a European corset which will squeeze the life out of it.
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