However, as it lacks the legal instruments to support this political will, since the sanctions stipulated under Article 7 of the Treaties are virtually impossible to apply, will it be able to keep its head high in the face of the threat of the systematic blocking of its entire institutional structure?
Men er Europa i stand til at holde hovedet højt uden at være i besiddelse af denne politiske viljes juridiske instrumenter - sanktionerne i artikel 7 i traktaterne er så godt som uanvendelige - over for truslen om systematisk blokering af hele dets institutionelle struktur?