Compared to the beginning of 2009, we are now dealing with a significantly different EU – one that has become divided between a vanguard of member states that form the eurozone and a rearguard, consisting of member states that remain outside it. The reason is not evil intent, but rather the pressure of the crisis.
相比于2009年初，我们现在面对的是一个与过去差异巨大的欧盟——联盟分化成为一个组成欧元区的前锋成员国和一个尚未加入欧元区的后卫成员国。出现这种情况的原因并非出自恶意，而是危机的压力所致。如果欧元想生存下来的话，欧元区成员国必须行动起来，而其他对欧洲一体化有不同程度承诺的成员国则依然处于边缘地位。