Translation of "soutien généralisé " (French → English) :

This initiative, as painful as it was, had widespread public and international support.

Consultations on these initiatives indicate wide public support.

Another goal is to understand the lake-wide environmental problems and their causes, and to reach a consensus and have broad-based support for priority actions.

Against this background, it is the Commission's view that the European, national and regional public authorities should lend their support to the private sector (in particular to the car industry) to ensure the wide-spread sale and distribution of intelligent vehicles.

This includes activities such as: studies and consultancy in support of the programme; preliminary actions in preparation of future activities; measures aimed at facilitating participation in the programme as well as facilitating access to the results produced under the programme; publications and activities for the dissemination, promotion and exploitation of results: brochures, electronic publications (CD-ROMs, DVD, web presence, etc.), participation at exhibitions, preparation of press-related material, etc.; analysis of possible socioeconomic consequences associated with the programme; and support activities such as spreading th ...[+++]e use of digital content standards, and encouraging skills development at European level.

There is also emphasis on a more generalised effort to raise the amount and quality of in-company training, and strong support for the implementation of a life-long learning operational framework.