Suppose that the hole lies on an elevated plateau, so that your putt must be strong enough to make it up the hill and onto the flat area that holds the cup. If the ball does not make it up the hill, it will roll backward and out of bounds.
This kind of political convergence process represents an opportunity: it could lead us to the political narrative I mentioned before. But for that to emerge we would need to develop a common understanding of economic policies – it could mean that national parliaments and the European Parliament need to speak to each other more, as we are doing today.