hair-splitting

The Greens tried to make it more flexible in many respects, but the enthusiasm for hair-splitting detail won.
Les Verts ont essayé de plusieurs façons d'arriver à un texte plus souple, mais c'est le zèle administratif tatillon qui a gagné.
The confidential nature of the negotiations, the uncertainty regarding the services concerned and the hair-splitting regarding the distinction between globalised trade and nationalised regulation makes GATS an agreement made behind the backs of the people.
La confidentialité des négociations, l'incertitude sur les services concernés et le byzantinisme sur la distinction entre échange mondialisé et réglementation nationalisée fait de l'AGCS un accord dans le dos des peuples.
Unfortunately, we see, however, the way in which legal hair-splitting constitutes an obstacle to the directive in the Council.
Mais nous voyons malheureusement comment le pinaillage juridique constitue un obstacle à la directive au sein du Conseil.
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