For his part, Barroso is widely seen as having avoided controversy throughout 2008 in order not to risk offending any governments that might have been inclined to block his reappointment. That seeming passivity is now his greatest problem.
在巴罗索自己这方面，他好像在2008年避免了争议，从而不冒犯任何一个国家政府以便不阻挠他的连任。这一看似不思进取现在成了他最大的问题。