lacking in foresight

We would therefore be ill-advised and lacking in foresight to deprive ourselves of such an instrument for international cooperation.
Il serait donc malvenu et imprévoyant de se priver d'un tel instrument de coopération internationale.
Furthermore, given the subsequent comments by Mr Rehn and Mr Verheugen, one must think that Mr Barroso was lacking in foresight concerning not only our Parliament but also the Commission itself.
De plus, à la suite des commentaires de M. Rehn et M. Verheugen, on peut penser que M. Barroso a manqué de prévoyance non seulement en ce qui concerne notre Parlement, mais aussi la Commission elle-même.
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