Politics Flashcards

(104 cards)

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La politique

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politics (indénombrable)

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Une politique

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a policy

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Un régime autoritaire

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an authoritarian regime

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renverser

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to bring down / overthrow a regime

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un décideur

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a policy maker / a decision maker

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un élu

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an office holder

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le candidat sortant

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an incumbent

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Les pouvoir publics locaux

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Local authorities

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L’équilibre entre les pouvoirs

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the balance of powers / checks and balances

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Les deux chambres aux USA

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Congress

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Les deux chambres au RU

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Parliament

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Le travail parlementaire

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lawmaking

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faire une proposition de loi

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to introduce/ present a bill

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Faire voter une loi

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to pass a bill through parliament

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rejeter une proposition de loi

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to defeat a bill

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voter une loi

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to pass a law

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promulguer une loi

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to enact a law

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appliquer une loi

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to enforce a law

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un membre du gouvernement

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a government ember/ a cabinet member (UK)

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un ministère

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a ministry / a department / an office

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Mettre en oeuvre une politique

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to implement a policy

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Restructurer, réorganiser

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to reshape

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Un remaniement ministériel

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a cabinet reshuffle

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dépasser les oppositions droite-gauche

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to cut across the left-right divide

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trouver un accord entre partis opposés
to reach a bipartisan agreement
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sur l'ensemble de l'échiquier politique
across the political spectrum
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Parvenir à/ négocier un accord
to work out / to hammer out an agreement
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arriver aux 'affaires'
to come to power
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prendre la succession de
to taker over (from sb)
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être en fonction
to be in office
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prendre ses fonctions
to take office
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un mandat électoral
a term of office
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quitter le pouvoir
to leave power / to step down
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Réaliser un sondage
ton conduct an opinion poll
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enquête d'opinion
an opinion survey
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personne interrogée
a respondent
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être à la traine dans les sondages
to trail / lag in polls
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s'effondrer dans les sondages
to slump in the polls
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indice de satisfaction
approval ratings
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Elections législatives
a general election
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Election partielle
a by-election
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se présenter à une élection
to run for office
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un maire
a mayor
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conseil municipal
town council
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élection à deux tours
a two-round system
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circonscription électorale
a ward / constituency
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un électeur
a voter / a constituent
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L'âge de vote
the voting age
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participation électorale
electoral / poll turnout
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organiser une élection
to hold elections
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élections truquées
rigged elections (to rig)
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bureau de vote
a polling station
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isoloir
a polling booth
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voter
to cast a ballot
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faire campagne
to campaign
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lever des fonds
to raise money / funds
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soutenir financièrement
to contribute to someone's campaign
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se créer / entretenir une image
to build / cultivate an image
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profiter de sa popularité pour
to capitalize one's popularity to///
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avoir / manquer de charisme
to have / lack charisma
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montrer l'exemple
to set an exemple
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répondre aux attentes de l'opinion
to come/ live up to the public's expectations
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décevoir l'opinion publique
to fall short of the public expectation's
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tenir ses promesses
to keep one's / to deliver on one's campaign policy
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gagner, avoir de l'influence
to gain / wield influence
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un revirement de l'électorat à gauche ou droite
a swing to the right/left
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Etat qui peut faire basculer l'élection (USA)
a swing state
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une victoire écrasante
a landslide victory
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ternir son image
to tarnish one's image
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perdre l'estime du public
to lose public esteem
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un militant / militantisme
an activist /activism
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adhérer
to join a party
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une position
a stand / a stance
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prendre une position sur
to assume a stance on
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prendre position
to take a sand on an issue
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faire marche-arrière
to back-pedal
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faire volte-face
make a turnaround / a turnabout
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prendre parti pour
to take sides with / to side with
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changer de bord
to switch sides
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appliquer son programme
to carry through one's program
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être engagé à faire qqch
to be committed to doing sth
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subir un sévère échec, revers
to suffer a major setback
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préconiser
to advocate sth
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adopter (une idée, une politique)
to endorse sth
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se faire le porte-parole d'une politique
to champion a policy
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soutenir une politique
to back / support a policy
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une question délicate
a prickly / thorny issue / a polemical subject, a controversy
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délicat, compliqué
intricate
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un problème très discuté
a hotly debated issue
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s'attaquer à un problème
to tackle an issue
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éluder / se dérober à un problème
to dodge / evade an issue
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s'opposer à
to object to (ing)
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se chamailler
to squabble about
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aboutir à une impasse
to come to a deadlock
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s'allier
to ally with / to make an alliance with / to form a coalition government
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les électeurs
the constituents
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les députés votent selon le parti au pouvoir quelle que soit leur opinion
members of parliament vote along party lines whatever their opinion might be (uk)
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les raisons du blocage politique aux EU
A system of check and balances The Senate's Rule The Senate's composition (regardless of population) The polarisation of the political parties over the past 20 years The system of campaign financing (lobby + supreme court ok)
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jugement, décision (politique)
a ruling
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coincider
to overlap
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the Senate's Rule XXII (1917)
The minority is in a position to prevent the majority from passing legislation (= 60/100 senators have to give their assent)
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céder aux caprices, flatter
to pander to
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mettre en location
to let a flat
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un locataire
a tenant