尽管许多欧盟官员，特别是欧盟委员会委员，有自己的小算盘 — — 让英国留在关税联盟中，但忽视它的利益 — — 但这显然不是一个选项。
And while many in the EU, especially the European Commission, would like to have their cake and eat it – keeping the UK in the customs union, while ignoring its interests – that is simply not an option.