Despite the support of smaller countries like Austria, Finland and the Netherlands, the commission is not likely to gather enough votes to punish the truants, possibly with fines.

• 翻译：虽然得到了奥地利、芬兰和荷兰等小国的支持，欧盟委员会仍不可能得到足够的支持票来制裁德、法两国，但可能会对他们处以罚金。