ATHENS – When people and countries negotiate, they often talk about their interests as though they were the only matters that could elicit agreement. In casting his veto at the European Union’s December summit in Brussels, British Prime Minister David Cameron said, “What is on offer isn’t in Britain’s interests, so I didn’t agree to it,” as if agreement solely depended upon whether or not interests were satisfied.
雅典——当人们和国家谈判时，他们常常谈论其利益，似乎只有靠利益才能达成协议。去年12月份，英国首相戴维•卡梅伦在布鲁塞尔召开的欧盟峰会上投了否决票，他说“谈判的内容不符合英国的利益，所以我不同意，”似乎协议是否能达成只取决于各方利益是否得到了满足。