This was painfully obvious during the spats with China over whether European leaders have the right to meet the Dalai Lama without Beijing screaming blue murder.

• 首要的责任取决于法国，德国和英国，这是欧盟的“三巨头”。他们中的每个都难以抵御这种诱惑：依偎在北京身边，希望自己可以作为“最受中国宠爱的欧洲人”而被收养