Nobody could pretend that Ukraine is ready for membership of the EU.

没有人能掩饰说乌克兰已经蓄势待发，加入欧盟。

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Nobody could pretend that Lisbon fulfils these goals.

ECONOMIST: The future of the European Union

As nobody today in countries such as Egypt would pretend that a referendum could defeat the person who holds power, in Venezuela, such expectation is as futile as in Egypt since it is clearly manipulated by a dictatorship.

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