Translate the following English sentence to French:
"The MEDA programme, which largely failed in the first stage, perhaps did not appreciate that the situation of the Mediterranean countries, given the direction that European politics are taking, is extremely difficult."
Le programme MEDA, qui a en grande partie échoué dans sa première phase, n'a peut-être pas compris que la situation des pays méditerranéens, telle que la politique européenne est menée, est extrêmement difficile.