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Record 1 1998-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

floor: permission or the right to speak in an assembly (to ask a chairman for the floor).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

[...] l'animateur aura souligné au départ que chacun peut se faire entendre et exprimer son opinion. [...] Ils ont la possibilité de s'exprimer de différentes manières, soit en levant une main pour demander la parole que l'animateur leur donne au moment choisi par lui, soit en envoyant des billets (remis en blanc à l'avance), sur lesquels ils inscrivent une impression, une question [...]

CONT

parole : droit de parler dans une assemblée délibérante. Demander, obtenir la parole.

Spanish

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