The tradition in the EU, he notes, is that member governments never gang up on another country and isolate them on a point that touches their fundamental interests.

他表示，欧盟的传统是，在涉及到某个国家根本利益的方面，其他国家不得联合起来孤立该国。

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Surveys show that most Germans balk at the idea of their country paying for the profligacy of another country, albeit a fellow EU member state.

调查显示，大部分德国人都不支持自己的国家为另一个国家的浪费买单的想法，即使同是欧盟成员国。

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If someone from one EU member states dies in an EU state that is not their home country, inheritance issues would be dealt with under the law of the member state where they last had their "place of habitual residence".

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The Court of Auditors is based in Luxembourg and was established in 1975 under the Budgetary Treaty, made up of one member from each EU country.

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Three decades later, their country became a prosperous EU member, albeit with an oversized banking sector and a dicey tax haven status.

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