English-Danish translations for trench warfare

skyttegravskrigI årevis har vi her i Parlamentet ført en traditionel skyttegravskrig mellem venstre og højre om liberalisering af offentlige tjenester. For years, we in this House have been waging traditional trench warfare between Left and Right about the liberalisation of public services. Det unikke ved EU er den geniale, men historisk usædvanlige idé om at sammenføre folk omkring forhandlingsbordet i stedet for i skyttegravskrig. What is unique about the EU is the brilliant, but historically unusual, idea of bringing people together at the negotiating table instead of through trench warfare.

Warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches and repeatedly fire at one another; usually involving high casualty rates over a long period of time

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