When nations embark on a program of ever closer integration, the end result is always likely to look unfinished if they put aside - on an ongoing basis - any resolution of the ultimate destination. Indeed, the only thing that seemed clear from the start of the European integration process was that the states involved - along with whatever new partner states they might pick up along the way - would continue wheeling and dealing to construct their ever more integrated polity.
当国家着手一个整和计划时，最后的结果往往是：如果它们被放在一边，它们看上去就象没完成一样，而实际上还在进行中。任何终极目标的决议都是这样。事实上，在欧洲统一进程中，只有一件事似乎是从一开始就很明了的，那就是所有参与的国家，不管它们可能会选择什么样的合作伙伴，都会继续建造它们那个更加综合的政体。