Så havde hun velsagtens også sagt, at det er jammerligt, at realpolitiske overvejelser af den mest smagløse art så ofte vinder over moralske og juridiske overvejelser, blandt andet også i forbindelse med medlemskab af Europarådet.
Otherwise she would almost certainly have said as well that it is such a shame that considerations of Realpolitik of the crudest kind can so frequently outweigh moral and legal considerations in particular as regards even membership of the Council of Europe.