mettre en suspens

Nous ne pouvons pas, cependant, mettre en suspens notre vocation et nous contenter d’attendre.
However, we cannot shelve our vocation and just wait.
Je demande en particulier à la Commission de ne pas mettre en suspens le dialogue sur les droits de l’homme pendant les négociations, mais bien de l’intensifier.
I appeal specifically to the Commission not to shelve the dialogue on human rights for the duration of the negotiations, but to intensify it.
Pour cela, la Commission doit mettre en suspens les propositions législatives modifiant les dispositions en profondeur jusqu'à la fin des discussions entre les institutions européennes et les États membres.
For this purpose, the European Commission must suspend legislative proposals fundamentally amending provisions of the European Commission until the conclusion of debates between the European institutions and Member States.
Mettre en suspens la Commission européenne et sa Présidence alors qu'il y a une crise économique, une crise financière, une crise sociale, alors que des négociations très importantes nous attendent à Copenhague, cela ne me paraît pas très judicieux.
Leaving the European Commission and its Presidency in a state of suspense when there is an economic crisis, a financial crisis and a social crisis, and when we have very important negotiations ahead of us in Copenhagen, does not seem very wise to me.
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