Translate the following English sentence to French:
"This potential must be exploited to the full, especially as the Union has not been capable of reacting quickly enough and the instruments for funding operations of this type were not flexible enough."
Il convient de valoriser ces potentialités, d'autant que l'Union n'a pas été capable de réagir assez rapidement et que les mécanismes de financement de pareilles opérations n'étaient pas assez souples.