se laisser

Permettez-moi de clarifier certaines choses ici : l'un des intervenants a dit que nous nous étions laissés aller à faire de la politique de coulisses.
Allow me to clarify some things again: one of the speakers said that we had been indulging in back-room politics.
La compétitivité de l’industrie européenne est exceptionnelle dans de nombreux secteurs, et ce n’est pas comme si nous nous étions laissés distancer.
The competitiveness of European industry is outstanding in many areas, and it is not as if we had fallen behind in this sector.
Nous étions laissés face à des monstres comme le tremblement de terre du Népal, sans engagement contraignant sur les objectifs ni engagement politique de financement.
We were left to face monsters like Nepal's Earthquake without a binding agreement on targets and no political commitment to financing.
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