prayer wheel

I find myself going from conference to conference, from Member State to Member State, like a living Tibetan prayer wheel, pleading the case for these resources - which are already in place - to be used.
Il se trouve que je me rends de conférence en conférence, d'État membre en État membre, tel un rouleau de prière tibétain vivant, pour demander que ces ressources - qui sont disponibles - soient utilisées.
Democracy and human rights has to mean more than the routine cosmetic protestations churned out by Mrs Çiller's prayer wheel before customs union.
Le respect de la démocratie et des droits de l'homme, c'est bien sûr beaucoup plus que les déclarations creuses que Madame Çiller avait l'habitude de répéter comme un moulin à prière avant l'union douanière.
For this reason, at every step, at all the negotiations, the precautionary principle must be constantly reiterated; it must be put repeatedly on the agenda as if this were a Tibetan prayer wheel.
Le principe de précaution doit donc sans cesse être mis à l'ordre du jour, à chaque étape, lors de chaque négociation, et répété comme une prière tibétaine.
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