From a narrowly British perspective, this might seem a shrewd and reasonable posture for defending British interests. But, by picking up Chirac’s challenge, Blair has allowed himself to be drawn away from the general European dilemma (what to do about the Constitutional Treaty) – for which Britain is not to blame – to a specific policy problem (the CAP’s finances) on which Britain is isolated.
从狭隘的英国视角来看，这不失为一种捍卫英国利益的，精明而合理的姿态。然而，布莱尔接受了希拉克的挑战，就使自己的注意力从总体的欧洲困局（如何应对《宪法条约》）--一个并非由英国造成的局面—转移到了一个让英国备受孤立的具体政策问题（CAP的财政问题）上。