But the decision to create a common market without a common government was simply storing up trouble for the future. Everything since – enlargement to 27 member states and the creation of the 16-member eurozone – has widened the gap between rhetoric and reality.
严峻的挑战面前无所作为，这是欧盟的一贯作风。欧盟引起世界关注的时刻少之又少，这正是欧洲在经济和地缘政治上江河日下的原因。