English-French translations for lame duck

canard boiteuxMon groupe ne se joindra pas à ceux qui s’efforcent de dépeindre la Commission Prodi comme étant un canard boiteux. My Group will not be party to efforts to paint the Prodi Commission as a lame duck. Le tigre celtique s'est transformé en canard boiteux que toute l'Europe doit aider et soutenir. The Celtic Tiger has shown itself to be a lame duck that the rest of Europe has to lend a helping hand and take by its limp wings. Pendant des années, les experts ont affirmé que le budget européen était inflexible, que c'est ce qui fait de l'Union européenne un canard boiteux. For years, experts have been saying that the European budget is inflexible, that this is what renders the European Union a lame duck.
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Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents

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