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“The review will also look at so called goldplating of EU laws, something that is known to infuriate not just Cameron, but also ministers.”
The Guardian: Government to cut health and safety inspections by a third
“Unfortunately the bunnies, the hovercraft and its pretty goldplating might need to go too - gotta be one with “the common man” and all that.”
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“As he and North constantly point out, half the problem is the British government goldplating EU legislation.”
“As more evidence surfaces of use of sub-standard material, rigging of bids, goldplating and sanctioning of projects which were not needed at all and favouritism in selection of successful contractors, the investigating agencies are going to have their hands full.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘goldplating’.
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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ECON - CRD
AKA "capital requirements directive"
capital requireme..., single rule-book, goldplating, capital buffers, comply or explain, European Systemic..., disclosure, lender of last re..., tangible assets, counterparty cred..., asset, default waterfall... and 4 more...
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POL - cool compounds
scaremongering, facelifting, mudslinging, gerrymandering, goldplating, muscleflexing, headway, pinpointing, hobby-horse, barnstorming, grandfathering, finger-wagging and 31 more...
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