英伦广角 2012-02-04 英国政界质疑卡梅伦同意执行新欧元区财政条约

    After the bitterness of last month summit, the European leaders seem to bear no grudges¹. Following the handshake that wasn’t David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy, even managed to contact for the Cameron’s. Inside there was an agreement on boosting growth and measures to reduce unemployment of red tape for small businesses.

        But differences did emerge. Once again over plans to please the debt inside the eurozone. The Czech Republic joining the United Kingdom in refusing to sign the so-called fiscal² compact. But some detected a softening³ in the British stance after wielding⁴ its veto last December. 

        Not so, said the Prime Minister, the UK would continue to ensure its interests weren’t affected⁵ by the agreement.         

        “There isn't a Brussels EU treaty, because I vetoed it. It doesn’t exist. They had to make a treaty outside the EU. They always that they preferred to have inside the EU which is why they are already talking about trying to bring it back inside the EU. So I’d argued the veto doesn’t matter. It seems to me to be resolved. We’re not in this treaty, we’re not part of it, we’re not bounded by. We don’t have to ratify⁶. We don’t take it to the British Parliament. That is what the veto secures you.” 

        But flash points clearly remain although Britain won’t buy EU institutions like the European Court of Justice for enforcing the compact, it still has legal concerns. France doesn’t. 

        “Stage by stage we're giving legal form to the agreement we’ve reached. And that’s agreement, the European Court of Justice could not cancel the budget. It can simply check that the golden role is abided by as adopted by individual states.” 

        Angela Merkel believes the UK will eventually come to support the compact.

        “We use the opportunity that we still have for this compact and with the firm intention that at the very latest of the 5 years. This will be translated into a formal EU treaty and that confident we'll be able to do that.”

        Greece, the real frontline in this crisis barely got a mention, but plans to out of the eurozone architecture are moving slowly forward, and this time without the ranker. 

        Robert Nisbet, Sky News, Brussels.

1 grudges   

不满，怨恨，妒忌( grudge的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He never grudges money. 他从不吝惜金钱。
• They bear grudges against each other. 他俩有过节儿。

2 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

3 softening   

变软，软化

参考例句：

• Her eyes, softening, caressed his face. 她的眼光变得很温柔了。它们不住地爱抚他的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• He might think my brain was softening or something of the kind. 他也许会觉得我婆婆妈妈的，已经成了个软心肠的人了。

4 wielding   

手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的现在分词 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响）

参考例句：

• The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite. 叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
• He is wielding a knife. 他在挥舞着一把刀。

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

6 ratify   

v.批准，认可，追认

参考例句：

• The heads of two governments met to ratify the peace treaty.两国政府首脑会晤批准和平条约。
• The agreement have to be ratify by the board.该协议必须由董事会批准。