saborder

Aujourd’hui, cette proposition a été sabordée par une majorité conservatrice.
Today, this proposal has been scuppered by a Conservative majority
Cette canonnière a été sabordée pour former un récif artificiel et est, maintenant, presque entièrement recouverte de corail.
This gunboat was scuttled to form an artificial reef and is now almost entirely covered with coral.
La Convention serait sabordée et avec elle, c'est un pilier porteur central du droit international qui s'effondrerait.
The Convention would be scuttled, and a central load-bearing pillar of international law removed.
"Tout sauf les armes", tel était le nom de cette proposition, sabordée ensuite par les lobbies, avec pour seul résultat une augmentation de la pression migratoire.
'Everything but arms' the proposal was called. It was sunk by the lobbies in the European Union and, consequently, pressure from migrations is growing ever stronger.
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