raison d'État

Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister of France, briefly joined the Protestants in 1636 because it was the raison d'état.
Le cardinal Richelieu, le principal ministre de la France, s'allie brièvement aux protestants en 1636, invoquant la raison d'état.
Mr Evans: as long as la raison d'Etat exists, there is no safe country.
Monsieur Evans, aussi longtemps qu'existera la raison d'État, il n'y aura pas de pays sûr.
This reintroduces the concept of "raison d'Etat" which the Council of Europe has spent the last half-century seeking to eradicate.
Par ce biais, on réintroduit la raison d'État, que le Conseil a cherché a éradiquer durant ces cinquante dernières années.
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