Once again, short-term national interests are taking precedence over the need for a forward-looking, flexible, and efficient EU budget. The European Parliament, which for the first time must approve the MFF, should use its new-found influence to uphold the EU-wide public interest and offset the blinkered, vested interests of individual member states.
短期国家利益再一次压倒了前瞻性的、灵活的和高效的欧盟预算的需要。第一次不得不批准MFF的欧洲议会应该利用其新得到的影响力支持泛欧盟公共利益，抵制心胸狭隘、既得利益的个别成员国。