Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

démocratie réduite aux acquêts

English translation:

democracy humbled by internal strife

Added to glossary by Roddy Stegemann
Jul 16, 2006 11:24
17 yrs ago
French term

réduite aux acquêts

French to English Other Government / Politics An African country
In a document assessing the current political situation in an African country. Context: "Comme toujours dans de telles situations [country X (an observer, not the subject of the report)] a fait preuve de discrétion tout en exprimant mezza voce à maintes reprises ses inquiétudes sur la situation des droits de l’homme, consternante à certains moments, ou sur une démocratie **réduite aux acquêts**, notamment après les récentes élections présidentielles bâclées. Cette posture traduisait moins le courage politique d’un État promoteur de la démocratie que le service minimum d’une diplomatie gestionnaire. " Any suggestions gratefully received!

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humbled by internal strife

A marriage that has gone sour becomes a battle over the assets once shared in common.
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... a democracy reduced to acquisitions..

without knowing which country is being assessed here, and without further context before and after, I would venture to say that the leadership of this country is more interested in acquiring (goods, services, deals??) than serving the good of its people...
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