Translation of "Procédurier " (French → English) :

nitpicking | pettifogging

information process

Moreover, under the current system budgetary criteria focus too much on inputs instead of actual results.

In relation to public procurement, whose complicated and not always unequivocal procedures hinder the access of SMEs, the market should be made more open, both inside the EU and in third countries.

11. Is concerned that foreign investors still face frustrating bureaucracy at local level, where a big hurdle is the procedural system for approval under which applications that are eligible for automatic approval are kept to a minimum, while the bulk of large applications are approved on a case-by-case basis; is concerned that many officials continue to discriminate in favour of local interests; notes that this approval and licensing process has been criticised in some regions for being unfair and lacking transparency, with regulations changing so exasperatingly often that it can be difficult to keep up with the vagaries of the system; calls on state and municipal governments to simplify and consolidate the application ...[+++]procedures;

Given the litigious nature of the Conservative Party when confronted by its own wrongdoing, will the Prime Minister be suing Mrs. Cadman for defamation?