As you, Commissioner, mentioned earlier, it was extremely difficult, not to say sometimes and in some situations impossible, to use the existing instruments at EU level as a means of responding appropriately to major crises, not all of which, it has to be said, were of natural origin.
Comme vous l’avez dit, Monsieur le Commissaire, il s’est avéré extrêmement difficile, pour ne pas dire parfois et dans certaines situations impossible, d’utiliser les instruments existants au niveau communautaire pour répondre correctement aux grandes crises, dont toutes - il faut le dire - n’étaient pas d’origine naturelle.