"floja" in English

So why, under such circumstances, would Parliament accept such a weak proposal?

To be both is a tremendous balancing act and you have skilfully negotiated the tightrope.

The fact that it is a recommendation and not a directive of course gives it a weaker legal base.

High-wire negotiations only lead to mistrust.

It is our task to help that government across the wire to the other side of the chasm.

Last year, the European Commission had tabled a weak proposal, taking existing practice as a point of departure.

We have seen in recent times how the relentless pursuit of profit has brought the global economy to its knees.

Right now, we can make an initial assessment of the EU's action, and I have to say that this initial assessment is somewhat lukewarm.

It says nothing about the withdrawal of the directive on services or of the country of origin principle.

It is a difficult tightrope.

The economy is sluggish, there is massive unemployment and the euro zone is unflinchingly enduring Washington’s predatory monetary policy.

The economy is sluggish, there is massive unemployment and the euro zone is unflinchingly enduring Washington’ s predatory monetary policy.

Its industrial policy is weak, containing no sectoral plans for sectors such as textiles, nor a strategy to prevent relocation.

Madam President, I feel rather like the great Blondin, just before he started out on his tightrope walk across the Niagara Falls.

Sudan is walking a fine line between war and peace, with an agreement possible to end what is now Africa's longest-running conflict'.

to walk the tightrope

a high-wire act

to walk a tightrope

to walk a tightrope

the rope is slack