I believe that he deserves a lot of credit: he has carried out his mission under extremely difficult conditions; with his considerable experience he has succeeded in seeing things in context when it has been necessary not to be absolutist, in being severe when it was necessary to be severe, and, in any case, in remaining rigorous and never straying from his course.
Je crois qu’il a beaucoup de mérite: il l’a fait dans des conditions extrêmement difficiles; fort de son expérience, il a réussi à relativiser quand il fallait relativiser, à être sévère quand il fallait être sévère et, en tous cas, à rester rigoureux et à ne jamais perdre le cap.