For én ting er fuldstændig klart: Den, der ikke overholder artikel 11 i Nice-traktaten og dermed krænker EU 's interesser med henblik på at opnå fælles holdninger, vil heller ikke i denne konflikt høre til vinderne. Og det, hvad enten vedkommende i hvert fald, under alle omstændigheder, ville være der, eller, som den tyske forbundskansler, under ingen omstændigheder ville være der.
One can also look at this with a certain amount of cynicism, for the one thing that is abundantly clear is that those who act against the interests of the European Union, by failing to seek common positions in accordance with Article 11 of the Treaty of Nice, will not be among the winners in this dispute or in any other, whether they wanted to join in no matter what happened and under any circumstances, or, like the German Federal Chancellor, wanted no part in it whatever.