La postura de las autoridades de la UE es incluso menos aceptable cuando se considera que, durante muchos años, Alemania y Francia no han cumplido las rigurosas condiciones de Maastricht, porque sabían que esto les interesaba a nivel nacional.
The position of the EU authorities is even less acceptable when it is considered that for many years both Germany and France failed to comply with the stringent conditions of Maastricht, because they knew that this was in their national interests.