dépouiller

Ils dépouilleraient la directive d'une grande partie de sa substance.
They would deprive the directive of a major part of its content.
Il préconise en effet de transformer Euratom en annexe spécialisée du traité CEE, avec des procédures institutionnelles qui dépouilleraient les États de leur liberté de choix.
The report recommends, in fact, that Euratom be transformed into a specialised annex to the EEC Treaty, with institutional procedures that would deprive the Member States of their freedom of choice.
Mais attention, il ne faut pas introduire, dans le système de la double majorité, des clés de confusion qui le dépouilleraient de son importante valeur ajoutée, à savoir, l’efficacité et la clarté aux yeux des citoyens.
Care must be taken, however, not to introduce any element into the double majority system that may cause confusion, as this would divest it of its major advantages from the public’s point of view, namely, efficiency and clarity.
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