principe

Notre position sur la question est ferme et de principe.
Our position on this issue is principled and firm.
Un homme de principe supérieur, pas si facilement distrait.
A man of higher principle, not so easily distracted.
Deuxièmement, les dispositions financières n'avaient pas un caractère de principe.
Secondly, financial regulations were not accepted as a principle.
Monsieur le Président, permettez-moi de commencer par une remarque de principe.
Mr President, allow me to start by making a basic observation.
C'est là la position de principe de la Fédération de Russie.
That is the principled position of the Russian Federation.
Pourquoi tu n'es pas un homme de principe pour eux ?
Why don't you be a stand-up guy for them?
Cette décision de principe n'est pas une décision facile.
It is a principled decision, but not an easy decision.
Notre position de principe vis-à-vis de l'Union européenne est très positive.
Our basic attitude towards the European Union is a very positive one.
Je ne lis pas les lettres, question de principe
As a matter of principle, I don't read letters.
Tel est notre choix et notre position stratégique de principe.
This is our choice and our strategic position of principle.
La Turquie constitue un test de principe pour l'UE.
Turkey constitutes a test of principle for the EU.
Embouteillage est la peine de principe dans plusieurs grandes villes.
Traffic jam is the principle trouble in many big cities.
Voilà ce que vous appelez la question de principe.
This is what you are calling the question of principle.
Ils nient que c'est un enjeu de principe.
They deny that this is an issue of principle.
Sur certaines positions de principe et sur un pied d'égalité.
On certain positions in principle and an equal footing.
Un accord de principe n'a pu être trouvé sur ce point.
No agreement of principle could be reached on this point.
Des questions de principe ou d'éthique sont alors à l'ordre du jour.
Questions of principle or ethics are then on the agenda.
C'est pourquoi nous parlons de principe de normes avant statut.
That is why we talk of standards before status.
Pour nous, le refus de l’embargo est une question de principe.
For us rejection of the embargo is a matter of principle.
Nous maintenons notre opposition de principe à l’euro.
We maintain our opposition in principle to the euro.
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