But starting a new cycle of institutional negotiations also seems improbable. Europe’s citizens are tired of these recurrent discussions – since 1995, there have been treaties of Amsterdam, Nice, Rome, and Lisbon, none of which has entirely succeeded.
建立一个仅有26个成员国的新联盟，不顾爱尔兰而向前迈进，在法律上是不可行的。但启动新一轮立宪谈判也似乎不太可能。欧洲的公民们厌倦了这些老生常谈—自1995年开始，就有了阿姆斯特丹、尼斯、罗马和里斯本等条约，而没有一个取得了完全的成功。