All recent EU treaties have introduced more majority voting: why did we bother, one diplomat asked crossly this week.

最近所有的欧盟条约都已经引入了多数票决的形式。一名外交官本周生气地问道，我们管这些干什么？

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One diplomat notes that EU enlargement is not in good shape: many countries want to halt the process after Croatia (and perhaps Iceland).

一位外交官指出，欧盟的扩张并未处于一种良好状态：在克罗地亚(也许是冰岛)(加入后)很多成员国希望中止(欧盟扩张)进程。

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One EU diplomat said the changes could prove significant, allowing European countries to provide various forms of training and assistance to the opposition.

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The Russians, with whom Mr. Lukashenko has a "close but dysfunctional relationship, " as one EU diplomat puts it, have reduced their economic support for Belarus in the last couple of years.

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