act of folly

It would be an act of folly if the proposed data retention scheme went through in its current form.
Voter le programme de rétention des données sous sa forme actuelle serait une folie.
However - and now we come to a very particular point, to which some of my fellow Members have already alluded - the incorporation of inland waterway transport in the rules on liability is a European act of folly without parallel.
Cependant - et nous arrivons ici à un point très particulier auquel certains de mes collègues ont déjà fait allusion -, l'intégration du transport par voie navigable dans les règles sur la responsabilité est une absurdité européenne sans précédent.
Whatever happens with the beef ban, if the British Government now disrupts the Florence summit it would be an act of folly and stupidity.
Quelle que soit l'issue de l'embargo sur le boeuf, il serait insensé et stupide que le Conseil de Florence soit perturbé par le gouvernement britannique.
To oppose the Services Directive for reasons to do with election tactics and to threaten to block it in the Council is an historic act of folly.
S’opposer à la directive sur les services pour des raisons relevant du calcul électoral et menacer de la bloquer au Conseil est une absurdité aux conséquences historiques.
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