The Nordic countries are high-tech leaders; Spain has slashed its unemployment rate by half (it stood at 25% not so long ago); and the new members from Central and Eastern Europe are cruising briskly along a steady catch-up path.
归根结底，根本不存在什么“欧洲经济”。欧盟25个成员国的经济状况各不相同。日耳曼国家在科技领域处于领先地位，西班牙成功地把失业率降低了一半（不久之前那里的失业率还高达25%），而来自中东欧的新成员国正在快速追赶原欧盟国家经济发展的步伐。