But it will all take time, and if the new arrangement lacks a qualified majority vote, fails to reform the Commission, and includes an opt-out on the charter of fundamental rights, it will not resolve the EU’s essential problems or its estrangement from European public opinion. Perhaps hubris has finally delivered nemesis in the form of a Union without people, where treaties have replaced the spirit of Europe.
有人相信我们最终会找到一种妥协、某种策略让爱尔兰人屈服，从而给欧盟一个皆大欢喜的条约。但这需要时间。如果这种新的安排缺乏有效的多数票支持，未能改革欧盟委员会并在根本权利宪章中包含了一种退出机制，那么它将不会解决欧盟的本质性问题，也不会解决欧盟与欧洲民意的疏远。可能傲慢最终导致了报应，令欧盟成为一个民心尽失的联盟，一个用条约替代了欧洲精神的联盟。