Translate the following English sentence to French:
"This is the biggest compliment which he could give a country which, for a while, gave the impression that its economy was on the slippery slope towards general disintegration."
C' est là le plus grand compliment que l' on puisse adresser à un pays qui a, pendant un certain temps, donné l' impression que son économie avait pris la pente d' un dérèglement général.