English-French translations for irony of fate

• ironie du sort
  Quelle ironie du sort si un désaccord surgissait au sein de l'UE et retarde l'élargissement. It would be an irony of fate if there were discord in the EU which ended up delaying enlargement.
  Ce serait l'ironie du sort d'anéantir, par le biais de règles communes, des choses qui fonctionnent bien. It would, of course, be an irony of fate if common rules were to be destructive in an area in which matters are operating well.

Related words

• irony
• post-irony
• postirony
• self-irony
• irony mark
• Socratic irony