Indeed, prior to the European summit in Brussels in December, the stock of trust in the European Council had become so depleted that no one seemed to take its decisions seriously. Of course, it could be that the United Kingdom’s veto of the summit’s proposed changes to the EU’s Lisbon Treaty drowned out all else, while further increasing distrust on the part of the public and financial markets of a divided Europe.
其实在12月布鲁塞尔欧洲峰会之前，欧洲理事会的公信力已经沦落到了极为低下的地步，以至于根本没人会把他们的决策当回事。当然，或许英国否决峰会里斯本条约修订案的行为压倒了对其他议题的关注，而在欧洲内部意见不合的情况下，公众舆论和金融市场中的不信任也逐渐增加。