overshoot

I believe that the Commission has overshot the mark somewhat in its proposal.
Je crois que la proposition de la Commission dépasse quelque peu son objectif.
Humanity has overshot critical ecological thresholds, and this is why Paul Polman speaks of new models and a new capitalism.
L’humanité a franchi les seuils écologiques critiques et c’est pourquoi Paul Polman invoque de nouveaux modèles et une nouvelle mondialisation.
Secondly, we will have to give some thought to whether the Convention, in part 3, has overshot the mark here in transferring certain tasks to the European level that have not been there before and should not be there now.
Deuxièmement, nous devrons nous demander si, dans la partie III, la Convention a dépassé son but en transférant au niveau européen des tâches qui n’y ont pas encore été assumées et qui n’ont rien à y faire pour le moment.
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