"base firme" in English

I am not sure if this second point has quite the same merit as the first.

This will provide a firm basis for budgetary practice in future years.

Instead, we must place our relationship with Russia on a firm basis of values.

However, we have a firm, well-designed foundation on which to build.

The Court's final rulings should contribute to giving this a firmer legal basis.

We need a firm basis for our great dreams of a fair Europe.

Commissioner, it is obvious that we need a European social pillar.

For the rest, Mrs Neris has produced a fundamentally sound basis for the vote at first reading.

The single currency has been established on a firm basis.

Europe needs to move forwards on a firm scientific footing.

We shall continue to have a strong European industrial base.

That bigger picture is that we are doing all that to establish a firmer foundation of our values.

This will ensure that the reform of the common fisheries policy is undertaken on a sound and firm footing.

This is sometimes a slow process, but it creates a firm basis for lasting solutions and for a viable society.

Satisfied minorities are the firmest foundation for a country's security, sovereignty and economic development.

The Irish presidency is supportive of developing in the IGC a more secure basis for tackling social exclusion.

And all these data build a healthy basis for the development of our strategy on cooperation between Europe and Asia.

That has not prevented the Bureau and other bodies of this House from examining further reforms on an incremental basis.

We take the view, however, that the only basis for economic collaboration is the rule of law and democracy.

I am thinking in particular of the serious basis constituted by the offer of peace adopted by the Arab countries in Beirut.