Britain would be able to veto the introduction of the tax in the EU because all taxation matters have to be agreed by all 27 members of the EU.

英国可以否决在欧盟开征托宾税的提议，因为(欧盟)所有的税收问题都需要全部27个成员国的一致同意。

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Nowhere matters more to the stability of today’s EU than the region to its east and south-east.

对现在的欧盟来说，要维持稳定，最需要关注的就是东部和东南部地区。

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To complicate matters, many observers think the EU is one of the villains at ICCAT.

更糟糕的是，不少观察家认为欧盟在IC CAT中唱的是白脸。

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What is clear is that the EU complicated matters hugely by letting a divided Cyprus join.

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It is true that one must be a member of the Council of Europe if one is to be considered for membership of the EU. But other than that, human rights are CoE matters, not EU. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg is not a European Union body, it is a Council of Europe one.

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The point being made is that the EU is so mismanaging matters.

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