English-Swedish translation for "folly"
"folly" Swedish translation
folly {noun}
Mr President, the proposal for an EU fundamental rights agency is the height of folly, even by the standards of this place.
Any other talk is irresponsible folly: it will only worsen the situation and cause bloodshed, not stop it.
The Liberal Group says that we should stop this folly, strike a positive note for conservation globally and the Commission's message to us
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "folly":
© Princeton Universityfoolery · tomfoolery · craziness · lunacy · indulgence · stupidity · betise · foolishness · imbecility · unwiseness · madness
Usage examples
Usage examples for "folly" in Swedish
They are also the victims of Clinton's folly in supporting the KLA, which, we should not forget, is a Communist and terrorist organisation like the Kurdish PKK.
It is the folly of the magic circle of national diplomats in Brussels who continue to believe that yesterday's working methods are adequate for tomorrow's challenges.
That involves a massive surrender of national power, compounded in its folly by the lack of real control over what the Commission then does in our name.
Mr von Boetticher and the Commission thus furnish a further example of the folly of believing that security can be created by more repressive police action.
That is the foolishness of this proposal, a folly we see repeated again and again in the half-baked proposals produced by the consumer directorate in the Commission.
Similar words
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