stitch-up

The ban was a stitch-up by the political elite and was done on a nod and a wink.
Cette interdiction est un coup monté par l'élite politique et elle a été approuvée en un clin d'œil.
Hence the comment of Action Aid that EU support for Mr Wolfowitz is a stitch-up, and similar remarks from other NGOs.
D’où le commentaire d’« Action Aid » selon lequel le soutien de l’Union européenne à M. Wolfowitz est un pur « bricolage », et des remarques similaires de la part d’autres ONG.
What is this idea that it is a stitch-up, that groups come together to reach a compromise that ill serves the civil liberties of ordinary men and women?
C'est quoi, cette idée qu'il s'agit d'une entente, que les groupes s'allient pour atteindre un compromis qui dessert les libertés civiles des hommes et des femmes ordinaires ?
Both the vote in the Citizens' Rights Committee and the rapporteurs have been pushed aside and there has been a cosy stitch-up between the Presidency and the leadership of the two big groups.
Tant le vote au sein de la commission des droits des citoyens que les rapporteurs ont été écartés, et il y a eu une entente confortable entre la présidence et les chefs des deux grands groupes.
This inadequate and inoperable stitch-up of an agreement is so full of holes that a pack of polar bears could rampage through it.
Ce raccommodage d'accord inadéquat et inapplicable présente des lacunes si grandes qu'elles laisseraient passer un troupeau d'éléphants.
And the longer the parties with the majority of votes in the Commons were excluded, the more suspicious they became of what they saw as a backroom stitch-up.
Plus les partis majoritaires furent tenus à l’écart, plus ils devinrent suspicieux envers ce qu’ils percevaient comme un compromis de dernière minute obtenu en coulisses.
I also wish to say very clearly to Mr Macartney - in case he is worried - that there was no stitch-up between the British Government and the Ulster Unionists before the Council meeting!
Je souhaite également dire très clairement à M. Macartney (au cas où il s'inquiéterait), qu'il n'y a pas eu d'accord entre le gouvernement britannique et les Unionistes d'Ulster avant la réunion du Conseil.
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