P political settlement règlement politique At the Vienna talks in November 2015, the twenty participants agreed that a political settlement was key to resolving the crisis in Syria and set out a peace plan for ending the civil war. poll sondage syn. survey A poll conducted in early June 2016 on the eve of the California primary gave Sanders a 1% lead over Clinton, but political analysts point out that in practice the Vermont senator needs to win 90% of the vote and leave Clinton with just 10% if he is to stay in the race. pollster institut de sondage syn. polling firm Jamaica's opposition Labour Party narrowly won the February 2016 general election, despite pollsters and pundits forecasting victory before the elections for the governing People's National Party. predicament situation difficile, situation inconfortable At the height of the migrant crisis in September 2015, one political commentator explained that David Cameron's predicament was that he was under pressure from the EU to accept more refugees, and from his constituents to take fewer immigrants. pretend faire semblant, feindre Responding to the hundreds of thousands of protesters who marched for action on climate change through New York City in September 2014, President Obama declared "We cannot pretend we don't hear them". 105