Ireland, one of the countries that benefited the most in material terms from the idea of European unification, has rejected this idea. Thus, negotiations on European financial transfers, the core of European solidarity, will be much tougher in the future than they were in the past (when they were already difficult enough).
5)在东扩后的欧盟内部，团结的氛围受到了威胁。团结不是一条单向车道。爱尔兰，这个在物质利益上从欧洲统一理念中受益最多的国家之一，却否决了欧盟统一的理念。这样，就欧洲财政转移所进行的谈判，也就是欧洲团结的核心，在未来将面临着比过去严峻得多的考验（过去的情况已经不容乐观）。较为贫困的欧盟国家将因为这一进展而深受其害。