se cramponner

Ne vous cramponnez pas aux illusions véhiculées par ce monde.
Do not cling to the illusions of this world.
Vous vous cramponnez aux méthodes orthodoxes parce qu'elles vous sont familières, bien qu'elles vous aient mal servis dans le passé.
You hang onto the orthodox ways of doing things because they are familiar, even though they have served you poorly in the past.
Dès lors, je vous en prie, ne vous cramponnez pas aux prérogatives dont disposait la Commission à une époque où le Parlement était exclu de cette méthode. Je veux parler ici du monopole législatif de la Commission.
We are entering a new era of Community method so please do not defend the competences of the Commission as we, Parliament, were not part of this Community method.
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