These two cases – the dog that should have barked but did not, and the dog that barked for no reason – threaten the EU’s fundamental workings, which are based on a clear rulebook enforced vigorously by a strong Commission. Juncker’s Commission risks losing its authority from the start if the rules can be bent or broken to accommodate the larger member states’ domestic political priorities.
这两个例子——该吠的狗不吠，吠的狗不该吠——威胁到了欧盟的基本运转，后者的基础是有一套明确的规则并由强大的欧盟委员会得力执行。如果规则可以更改甚至打破以迁就大成员国的国内政治需要，容克的委员会有可能从一开始就失去权威。