What is the translation of " EMPTY GESTURE " in Danish?

• tom gestus

Examples of using Empty gesture in English and their translations into Danish

This is an empty gesture.
Dette er en tom gestus.

Policy without financial resources is just an empty gesture.
Politik uden finansielle ressourcer er kun tom gestikuleren.

This is an empty gesture.
Det er en tom handling.

Two curses of the modern world, sarcasm and the empty gesture.
To forbandelser i den moderne verden, sarkasme og den tomme gestus.

A brave but empty gesture, Mr. Bruno.
En modig, dog tom gestus, Mr. Bruno.

You want that once-a-year empty gesture?
Du skal også få en tom gestus.

An empty gesture- that was the predictable effect of this premature filing of a motion of censure against the Commission.
Et slag i luften, det er den forventede virkning af dette præmature forslag til mistillidsvotum mod Kommissionen.

It would be an empty gesture.
Det ville være en tom gestus.

All the chatter about creating'alternatives' outside of the party is simply an empty gesture.
Al det sludder om at skabe'alternativer' udenfor partiet er simpelthen tomme ord.

No, it's not an empty gesture.
Nej, det er ikke en tom gestus.

And without rules, the competition has no meaning. And without meaning, the following would be an empty gesture.
Uden regler er der ingen mening, og det følgende ville være en tom gestus.

You can't make an empty gesture to a funkhouser.
Du kan ikke lave en tom gestus til en Funkhouser.

Responsibility tends to be condemned with grand but empty gestures.
Ansvarlighed er normalt det stik modsatte af store, indholdstomme armbevægelser.

Adoption of Amendment No 338 would, however, be nothing more than an empty gesture, since the EU would still be legally obliged to provide the aid.
Men en vedtagelse af ændringsforslag 338 vil blot være et tomt slag i luften, da EU fortsat vil være juridisk forpligtet til at yde støtten.

That means that what is being proposed here is to some extent an empty gesture.
Det betyder, at det, der her foreslås, til dels er et slag i luften.

Brémond d'Ars(PPE), in writing.-(FR) An empty gesture- that was the predictable effect of this premature filing of a motion of censure against the Commission.
Brémond d'Ars(PPE), skriftlig.-(FR) Et slag i luften, det er den forventede virkning af dette præmature forslag til mistillidsvotum mod Kommissionen.

I guess that was an empty gesture.
Det var en meningsløs gestus.

An empty gesture, because team spirit cannot be manufactured: it arises from the game's culture of combining various skills, of playing for each other, of covering each other's mistakes and of the post-match social atmosphere.
En tom gestus, for holdånd kan ikke fremstilles kunstigt: Den opstår af spillets kultur, hvor man kombinerer forskellige færdigheder, spiller for hinanden, dækker af for hinandens fejl og den sociale stemning efter kampene.

They mean it to be an empty gesture.
Det er ment som en tom gestus.

My view throughout has been that the regulation would be an empty gesture if scope were allowed for such exemptions, as the situation would be quite impossible to monitor and the exemptions would pave the way for continued trade and for the dreadful practices described.
Min opfattelse har hele tiden været, at forordningen bliver et slag i luften, hvis man lader der være plads til sådanne undtagelser, da det ville være helt umuligt at kontrollere, og undtagelserne har åbnet døren for en fortsat handel og for denne forfærdelige fremgangsmåde.

You know, it was some-- an empty gesture.
Du ved, det var nogle-- en tom gestus.

But this means that we must put our own house in order, so that ratification will not be just an empty gesture.
Men det kræver, at vi bringer vores eget hus i orden, så ratifikationen ikke bare bliver en tom gestus.

Furthermore, the EU has been allowed to speak at the UN General Assembly, a right that only nation states have- and which is an empty gesture, as long as the EU has no seat in the Security Council which it probably will have.
EU har endv. fået lov til at tale på FNs generalforsamling, en ret, som kun nationalstater har- og som er en tom gestus, så længe EU ikke har plads i sikkerhedsrådet, hvad den nok skal få.

That is the only real contribution the Greek Government can make and any friendly noises it might otherwise make are completely empty gestures.
Det er det eneste virkelige bidrag, som den græske regering kan yde, og alle andre venlige udtalelser er fuldstændig tomme.

But in reality it was an empty gesture.
Men i virkeligheden var det en tom gestus.

We must work with them to find ways and develop initiatives which no longer make an appeal to civil and human rights seem an empty gesture.
Sammen med dem skal vi finde former og udvikle initiativer, som ikke længere får det til at lyde som en tom frase, når vi kræver menneske- og borgerrettigheder i Afrika.

Safeguarding employment should be a priority, not an empty gesture.
Sikring af beskæftigelsen bør være en prioritet og ikke et tomt ritual.

Mr Hughes(S).- I have been very interested to hear the Commissioner's reply to the supplementary question because, in my view, the designation of special years of this sort often amounts to little more than an empty gesture, generating rhetoric and showpiece events but very little else.
Hughes(S).-(EN) Det interesserede mig meget at høre kommissærens svar på tillægsspørgsmålet, for efter min mening fører proklameringen af særlige år af den slags tit ikke til stort mere end en tom gestus, der giver anledning til retorik og PR-begivenheder og ikke ret meget mere.

As the situation stands, I believe it would have been better almost if we had not given any opinion at all before the Council's decision, quite simply for the simple reason that I am afraid this is going to be seen and represented as an empty gesture from the European Parliament and not as a real exercise of Parliamentary power.
Som situationen er, tror jeg, at det næsten ville have været bedre, hvis vi slet ikke havde afgivet nogen udtalelse før Rådets beslutning af den enkle årsag, at jeg er bange for, at dette vil blive oplevet og fremstillet som en tom gestus fra Europa-Parlamentets side og ikke som reel parlamentarisk magtudøvelse.

How to use "empty gesture" in an English sentence

But it’s essentially an empty gesture since the Senate will inevitably vote it down.

And it turns out, it wasn’t just an empty gesture to impress TV viewers.

Early on, Montana Senator Steve Daines made an empty gesture to have his pay withheld.

It’s clear that universities nationwide are rejecting the empty gesture that is fossil fuel divestment.

If people want to throw that away over an empty gesture then I absolutely despair!

Good on Horne for turning his back on that empty gesture and making his point.

In essence, this provision is an empty gesture in the Code but of no use.

I also think it's an empty gesture (both singing the anthem and protesting during it).

But the order may be worse than the empty gesture it first appears to be.

Shame on me for this empty gesture and YEAH for you for getting your Vitamix.

How to use "tom gestus" in a Danish sentence

Ellers er det en tom gestus, siger Thorkild Olesen.Tusinder af handicappede har levet af kontanthjælp i over fire år.

Og hvad mere er, må man sikre, at dette ikke bare bliver en tom gestus.

MS beholdt deres på papiret, men det var ikke meget mere end en tom gestus.

Problemet med denne løsning er at den i starten virker som en tom gestus.

Jegets flirten med aktivistisk jargon giver mening med tanke på værkets udforskning af handlingslammelsen, men den ligner mest en tom gestus.

Men det er en tom gestus og et ikke-integreret træk.

På den anden side er denne sikkerhedsforanstaltning også lidt af en tom gestus.

Haris tilbagelevering af prisen er derfor blevet kaldt en tom gestus af kritikere.

Den amerikanske regerings vægring ved at anerkende Manchukuo forblev en tom gestus.

Men det føles efterhånden som en tom gestus.