Just look at the way it reacts when the other side decides not to show up (for example, its response to President Barack Obama’s decision not to attend the May EU-US summit in Madrid). If the EU wants to be taken seriously and have a tangible impact, it needs to learn that talking about the right things is no substitute for taking the right kind of action.
发自伦敦 —— 欧盟喜欢召开峰会。但当峰会的另一方决定不出席会议的时候，让我们看看欧盟是如何反应的（正如巴拉克·奥巴马总统决定不出席5月马德里举行的欧美首脑会议时，欧盟的反应）。而倘若欧盟想要得到别人的重视并发挥显著影响的话，它就得明白，正确的空谈是无法取代正确的行动的。