The ones I think of are 'mess' and 'a bit of a joke'.
Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, depuis l' entrée en vigueur de la directive novel food, le moins que l' on puisse dire est que la Commission européenne en a fait un fameux foutoir - si vous me permettez d' employer ce terme familier.
Mr President, Commissioner, since the coming into force of the novel food directive, the European Commission too has made a bit of a hash of things, to put it mildly. This is how we would put it informally.
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