poncif

tomber dans les poncifs

resort to clichés

L' efficience de l' Union, des institutions, la proximité des citoyens, la subsidiarité, la légitimité démocratique ne sont trop souvent que de simples déclarations d' intention et des poncifs de laïus.

All too often, we just pay lip service to the concepts of the efficiency of the Union and of its institutions, bringing the Union closer to people, subsidiarity and democratic legitimacy; they are just clichés churned out in soap-box speeches.