He needed to placate Tories and his domestic critics while avoiding the economic and political havoc that would be caused by announcing an imminent referendum that might lead to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU. The time that he took to decide what he would say attests to the difficulty of squaring that circle.
当然，卡梅隆在党内面临着艰巨的任务，需要阐述自己的欧洲政策。卡梅隆因此必须找到合适的措辞。他必须安抚保守党和国内批评者，同时避免宣布即刻公投导致英国退出欧盟，进而对经济和政治造成严重的破坏。他字斟句酌所耗费的时间恰恰证明了解决问题的难度。