Talk:lopende zaken

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lopende zaken

Dutch, "ongoing affairs/matters" ("current affairs" is off in my opinion, search results support this), SOP of lopend (“ongoing, running”) + zaken (“matters, business”). I am not even convinced we need the adjectives at lopend, the verb lopen also has a lot of those meanings. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 12:07, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

@Lingo Bingo Dingo: French affaires courantes does not translate as current affairs either, at least not if the latter only means "recent news". The affaires courantes are the "affaires qu'une autorité désinvestie de ses fonctions peut, dans l'attente de la nomination de son successeur, expédier sans s'exposer au grief d'incompétence", and a gouvernement d'affaires courantes is a government with reduced powers, but which can still expédier les affaires courantes, that is handle day-to-day business / deal with day-to-day matters.

So, is the situation similar in Dutch? I've found this at Demissionair: "Een minister als individueel lid, of een regering als collectiviteit is demissionair indien deze niet langer het vertrouwen geniet van een meerderheid van de wetgevende macht en als gevolg hiervan haar ontslag heeft ingediend. Het gevolg hiervan is dat deze regering enkel nog de lopende zaken mag afhandelen en geen omstreden zaken mag behandelen." PUC – 12:27, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

@PUC Yes, I would say it is more or less the same, though one could also speak of lopende zaken in a business context, speaking of business that is ongoing. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 15:15, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Mh, not entirely sure about affaires courantes, but its use does seem restricted to politics. Anyway, I'd certainly be inclined to create an entry for it, as it sounds like a technical term to me.

Now, about lopende zaken, I'm tempted to vote keep, on account of it being similar to the French term and being a false friend of current affairs, but yes, it does seem SOP. PUC – 11:37, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

I agree with PUC, and would also have a weak preference for "keep". Morgengave (talk) 15:11, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• RFD-kept. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 22:17, 20 October 2021 (UTC)