其官员可以毫无愧疚之心地干涉成员国的内部事务 — — 比如要求当选政客下台，因为他拒绝减少最贫穷公民的退休金或以跳楼价甩卖公共资产（这种事情，我本人就深有体会 ） 。
Its officials had no compunction about meddling in a member state’s internal affairs – say, to demand the removal of elected politicians for refusing to implement cuts in the pensions of their poorest citizens or to sell off public assets at ridiculous prices (something I have personally experienced).