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Affaires étrangères

Foreign affairs

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Aller aux urnes

To go to the polls

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Une alternance

Handing over power

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L'Assemblée Nationale

The French National Assembly

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Bourgeois/e

Middle class

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Le bureau de vote

Polling station

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La campagne électorale

An election campaign

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Un chef d'Etat

Head of state

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La circonscription

Constituency

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La citoyenneté

Citizenship

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Le civisme

Public-spiritedness

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Cohabiter

To work/live together

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Un conseiller

A councillor

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Corrompu/e

Corrupt

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Les décideurs (m)

Decision makers

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Décréter

To order, decree

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Délégué/e

Delegate

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Démentir

To deny

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La démission

Resignation

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Le député

MP

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Le désaccord

Disagreement

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La dictature

Dictatorship

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Le discours

Speech

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Un électeur (une électrice)

Constituent

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Une élection cantonale

Local election

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Les élections (f) présidentielles

Presidential elections

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Un électorat

Electorate

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Élire (pp

élu):To elect (elected)

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Les élus (m)

Elected members

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Un engagement

Commitment

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Les entretiens (m)

Talks

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Être candidat

To be a candidate

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Le gauchiste

Left-winger

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Le gouvernement

The government

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Un homme / une femme politique

A politician

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Un /une indépendantiste

Freedom fighter

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Les inégalités (f) sociales

Social inequalities

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Le jour des élections

Polling day

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Légiférer

To legislate

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Un maire

A mayor

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Majoritaire

In the majority

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Manifester

To demonstrate

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Le membre de la droite

Right-winger

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La mondialisation

Globalisation

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L'opposant (m)

Opponent

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L'opposition (f)

The opposition

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Le Parlement

The Parliament

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Le/la parlementaire

MP

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Le partage du pouvoir

Power sharing

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Le parti au pouvoir

Party in office

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Le parti conservateur

Conservative party

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Le parti d'extrême droite

Far right party

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Un parti politique

A political party

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Le parti travailliste

Labour party

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Le partisan du statu quo

In favour of the present system

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Un politicien

A politician

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La politique

Politics

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Politisé/e

Politically aware

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Un porte-parole

Spokesperson

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Le pouvoir

Power

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Les pouvoirs (m)

Public authorities

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Le préfet

Head of local gov.

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Le premier ministre

Prime minister

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Le président de la République

The president

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Prolétaire (adj)

Working class

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La promesse

Promise

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Le quinquennat

Five year term

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Le référendum

Referendum

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Le scandale

Scandal

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Le score

Result

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Le scrutin

Ballot

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Le Sénat

The Senate

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Siéger

To sit

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Le sommet

Summit

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Le sondage

Opinion poll

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Le soutien

Support

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Soutenir

To support

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Le suffrage universel

Votes for all

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La voix

Vote

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Voter massivement

To vote overwhelmingly

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Voter une loi

To pass legislation

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La participation aux scrutins électoraux

Turnout at the polls

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Lancer un appel au gouvernement

To appeal to the government

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Suivre /faire des démarches pour

To take steps to

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Il incombe au gouvernement d'agir

It's up to the government to act

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Politiquement correct

Politically correct

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Faire reculer les inégalités sociales

To reduce unfairness in society

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Sur le plan politique

On a political level

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Conserver son siège

To keep his/her seat

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Préconiser des mesures à long terme

To be in favour of long-term measures

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Se faire plébisciter

To gain a landslide victory

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Le conseil régional

County council

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Adhérer à un parti politique

To belong to a political party

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Avoir la cote auprès des Français

To be very popular with the French

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Remporter les élections

To win the elections

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Les courants de l'opinion

Trends of public opinion

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La politique agricole commune

Common agricultural policy

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Se méfier des politiciens

To distrust politicians

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Promettre de + inf

To promise to

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Tenir une promesse

To keep a promise

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