Last week, Chirac decided to raise the stakes in the European crisis by going on the offensive against Britain. The time has come, he said, for “our English friends” to understand that they have to make a gesture of solidarity, and renounce the rebate negotiated by Thatcher.
上周，希拉克决定对英国发难，以增加在欧洲危机中的筹码。他说是到了让我们的“英国朋友”明白他们必须做出团结的姿态，并放弃撒切尔争来的减免额度的时候了。