Ellers bliver de nye medlemsstater, som blev accepteret i EU "som en tjeneste", selv om de betaler deres andel fuldt ud, beskyldt for at være utaknemmelige, eller de får at vide, som den britiske ambassadør i Moskva udtrykte det, at "livet er brutalt og fyldt med fælder".
The new Member States, which were accepted into the EU ‘ as a favour’ even though they pay their way in full, are otherwise accused of being ungrateful, or they are told that, in the words of the British ambassador to Warsaw, and I quote, ‘ life is brutal and full of traps’.