Whereas Obama owes his election in large part to his charisma, Barroso is likely to succeed himself precisely because of his lack of charisma, because he says very little in so many languages. But, for national leaders in the EU whose last ambition is to have to deal with a new Jacques Delors, i.e., a man with ideas of his own, a cipher like Barroso is just the man for the job.
首先是欧盟缺乏真正的化身。将美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马和欧盟委员会主席若泽·曼努埃尔·巴罗佐进行对等的比较甚至近乎于荒谬。如果说奥巴马当选总统靠的是他的个人魅力，巴罗佐胜过奥巴马的却恰恰是用众多语言说毫无意义的话，因此毫无魅力可言。但在最不愿意面对新雅克·德洛尔那样有主见的主席的欧盟国家领导人看来，一个像巴罗佐这样的傀儡恰恰是欧盟委员会主席的最佳人选。