The British veto, and the hullabaloo that it caused, is thus something that Europe could have done without, and Cameron will soon be sorry that he offered himself up as a hostage to his Euroskeptic backbenchers. Strengthening them will drastically weaken the UK’s influence in the EU.
在这一情况下，欧盟完全可以不理会英国人投的否决票以及因此而引发的噪声，而卡梅伦很快也会后悔自己成为了所属党派中那些欧洲怀疑论者的人质，更可况这类势力的壮大将极大削弱英国对欧盟的影响力。