s'allonger

Dans une Europe élargie, où nous allongeons les distances, le secteur maritime a de nombreuses possibilités et une bien plus grande importance en faisant du cabotage européen.
In an enlarged Europe, in which distances are increased, the maritime sector has many more possibilities and it makes much more sense to create European cabotage.
Il y a une proposition spécifique sur ce point, mais nous devons être conscients qu'en limitant l'usage de la comitologie, nous allongeons le temps nécessaire pour la mise en œuvre de la directive.
There is a specific proposal on that, although we should be aware that by limiting the use of comitology we would be increasing the time it would take to implement the directive.
Nous ne pouvons pas non plus ignorer le fait que ce sont les femmes qui connaîtront une situation difficile si nous allongeons simplement le temps de travail, la conséquence naturelle étant que certaines femmes quitteront peut-être totalement le marché du travail.
Nor can we ignore the fact that it is women who will be placed in a difficult position if we simply extend working time, the natural consequence being that a number of women will perhaps withdraw completely from the labour market.
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