The process of choosing the Commission’s president appears to be a conflict between the voice of the people, as expressed in the results of last month’s European Parliament election, and backroom deal-making by governments. But reality is more complex, and the genuine democratic mandate did not go to the person who claims to have “won” the election.
选择欧盟委员会下任主席的过程似乎成了人民的声音（表达于上个月的欧洲议会选举中）和政府幕后交易之间的冲突。但现实要更加复杂，真正的民主权力并没有来到声称“赢得”选举的人手中。