There were always exaggerated claims that bringing in the new members would be a costly affair, just as petty and narrow prejudices blemished the willingness to open up Europe’s borders for “Polish plumbers.”
在欧洲，总是有夸大其词的观点，认为欧盟接受新成员国代价很大，这和自私狭隘的偏见歪曲为“来自中欧的廉价劳工”开放边境的意愿是一样的。