LONDON – The selection of Herman van Rompuy as President of the European Union’s Council of Ministers, and of Lady Catherine Ashton as the EU’s foreign policy chief, surely underlines the extent to which member states are in the driver’s seat in the EU. They manage its institutions in their own interest.
发自伦敦——随着赫尔曼·范龙佩当选为欧洲理事会常任主席，以及凯瑟琳·阿什顿女士当选为欧盟外交和安全政策高级代表，这两个人选都明确说明了欧盟各成员国究竟在何种程度上掌控着整个联盟。他们都遵照本国利益来操纵着各个欧盟机构，而欧盟也没能成为那个毫无畏惧大步迈向光明前途的超级国家。