The European Council is a rough, swaggering sort of grouping. It operates not by finding cosy consensus, but by reaching grubby compromise after lots of camp-forming, bribery and bullying.

欧盟委员会充斥着一群态度粗暴、狂妄自大之人，他们并不是通过友好的共识来进行管理，而是经过拉帮结伙、行贿受贿和恃强凌弱达成肮脏的妥协。