"Le gouvernement se réunit pour parler de cette loi."

Translation: The government is assembling to talk about this law.

[Jeff406235]

Let us not forget the utter ridiculousness of rejecting "The government is meeting to talk about this law". I might even go so far as to say that in English, the phrase "meeting up" might be considered somewhat more colloquial than simply saying "meeting".

[ISparkleToo]

I so agree. It is only the Yanks that "meet up" . the rest of us "meet"

[hm437e]

Excluding "up" from the response is accepted.

[NSE104165]

Even so, "meeting up" is a social activity and does not apply to things like government meetings. The given translation doesn't work in the context of American English, either.

[Jennie269348]

Meeting up sounds like slang.

[Jennie269348]

In Australia the government sits.

[LesAussi]

Yes, it doesn't 'stand' for much that the population agrees on!

[Vic3141]

Up is optional with Duo now

[Barry542665]

There is no need to say “...up” in this translation.

[Roland655103]

A government would "discuss" rather than "talk about" at a formal meeting.

[effyleven]

Please note, Duo. There are more adult words for what the government is doing in this sentence.
"Convening?" "Debating?"

[Vic3141]

I wanted to use discuss but didn't expect that it would be accepted

[LSadun]

Insisting on "this" instead of "that"?! Seriously? And "is meeting" rather than "meets"?!

[TonvanderValk]

the government assembles to talk about this law?

[effyleven]

Why do all Duo's meetings take place UPwards? Is it something to do with his avian origins?

[BobWells5]

Is "the government is meeting to talk.." a full translation?
Whilst I abhor the "up" I think something like "together" is needed to capture the French reflexive

[Gord543537]

This is not even American English. You will never hear this on the television or see it in the newspapers. You could well hear 'meeting up' amongst a group of teens, armed with their phones, of course, who are planning to 'hang out together' at a shopping mall. It would be refreshing if Duo could rise above this level.