en marge du deplacement

[Karen Hotra]

 

 This phrase was used today in Liberation "en marge du deplacement a Luxembourg" and I assume it means while traveling to Luxembourg, but I don't understand why they would use the words "en marge du" since it's meant to indicate something at the margin.  Could someone explain that one?

 

Many thanks,

 

Karen

[Erwan]

It means on the fringe of the travel to Luxembourg.

[Neil Coffey]

Depending on the exact context, I think it could mean two things:

 

(1) "left out of...", "not included in..."

(2) "as a side issue whilst...", "in addition to..."

 

Perhaps with the whole sentence, we can offer a better translation if none of the above make sense in the context.

[Karen Hotra]

Thanks, Neil. "as a side issue whilst" comes closest, I think. But here is the entire sentence.

Karen

«La police et la gendarmerie sont là pour appliquer la loi et elles appliqueront la loi», a-t-il déclaré lundi en marge d’un déplacement à Luxembourg.