The EU would become unacceptably diluted. That is why former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing feared that Turkey’s entry would lead to the EU’s breakup, and it is why former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said, “Accession of Turkey would be more than the EU could bear.”
对于那些观点根本分歧的成员，这些要求是不可能实现的。欧盟可能会因此沦为保罗·肯尼迪所谓“过度扩张”的牺牲品，变得相当脆弱无力。这就是法国前总统吉斯卡尔·德斯坦担心土耳其的加入会导致欧盟解体的原因所在，也是为什么德国前总理赫尔穆特·施密特曾经表示“土耳其的加入将超出欧盟承受能力”的原因。