Nobody – not even people closely involved in the process – really knows how the European Union’s leaders are chosen. There are no formal rules, much less elections; somehow, names just surface in the media to become part of the EU’s mysterious internal bargaining system.
即使完全参与这一过程的人士也不确切知道欧盟领导人是如何挑选的。这里没有什么正式的规则，更不要说选举；不知如何，人名浮现于媒体之中，成为欧盟神秘的内部交易体制中的一部分。