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ze hebben kleingeestige belangen.

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they have parochial interests.

Last Update: 2015-10-13
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daarom willen we hier ook geen kleingeestige discussies voeren.

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that is why we do not want a narrow-minded debate here today.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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dat is de achtergrond van de voorgestelde kleingeestige en bureaucratische regeling.

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hence the proposed regulation, which is nit-picking and bureaucratic.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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daarom hebben we politieke oplossingen nodig en geen kleingeestige juridische slimmigheidjes.

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to that end, we need political solutions and not petty legal stratagems.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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gezien het belang van dit onderwerp zouden dergelijke kleingeestige acties ontoelaatbaar moeten zijn.

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on a subject as important as this, petty manoeuvring should not be acceptable.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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zelden zijn we getuige geweest van zo een kleingeestige en nationalistische vertoning in dit huis!

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we have rarely seen such a miserly and nationalistic spectacle in this house!

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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de burgers van europa hebben geen begrip voor kleingeestige afgunst over de verdeling van de taken.

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the people of europe do not understand the petty jealousies over the allocation of competences.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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het grote europese plan voor de definitieve pacificatie van de balkan mag niet het slachtoffer worden van ons kleingeestige gereken.

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the great european plan for definitive peacemaking in the balkans must not fall victim to complicated and penny-pinching calculations.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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maar na de geslaagde industrialisering van de westerse wereld werd zelfs de vroeger zo kleingeestige bourgeoisie in seksuele zaken toleranter.

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however, after the successful industrialization of the western world, even the formerly straitlaced middle classes became more tolerant in sexual matters.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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gaat men echter voor zaken of als toerist naar een hotel, dan worden deze nogal belachelijke en kleingeestige bureaucratische restricties opgelegd.

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it just so happens that when a business person or holidaymaker goes to a hotel these rather ludicrous and petty-minded bureaucratic restrictions are imposed.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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eigenlijk schieten woorden mij tekort voor de ronduit kleingeestige houding van de turkse autoriteiten tegenover de diverse minuscule christelijke minderheden op hun grondgebied.

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words fail me, in fact, for the frankly small-minded attitude of the turkish authorities towards various minuscule christian minorities on their territory.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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aan muggenzifterij en politieke kleingeestigheid hebben wij in europa geen boodschap.

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we in europe must leave behind politics with a small 'p' and pointless discussions.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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