But the difficult negotiations that led to the agreement eclipsed European Council President Herman Van Rompuy’s recent report, Towards a Genuine Economic and Monetary Union, which calls for unity far beyond a banking union. Although “no door was closed,” in the words of European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, EU leaders have clearly refused, at least for now, to hold a serious discussion about deeper integration.
巴黎—欧盟领导人以一项里程碑式的协议作为2012年收官——所有欧元区银行都将置于单一监督者的监管之下。但协议谈判过程之艰难让欧洲理事会主席范龙佩的最新报告《通向真正的经济和货币联盟》（Towards a Genuine Economic and Monetary Union）黯然失色。这份报告呼吁形成远远超越银行联盟的统一。尽管用欧盟委员会主席巴罗佐的话说，“大门仍然开着”，但欧盟领导人显然拒绝了就加深一体化进行严肃讨论的建议，至少在目前是如此。