It is now up to the EU’s political leadership to move quickly and take firm grasp of the achievements that initially gave birth to the Lisbon treaty. A charter of fundamental rights has, for example, been integrated into the treaty; but, unless the member states bring it to life, it will certainly fail to yield concrete results. Fair rather than free competition in trade is proposed, but what does this mean if member states are not able to reach consensus on how to make it happen?
现在就要看欧盟的政治领导层如何迅速行动，牢牢掌握已有的成果了。正是这些成果催生了《里斯本条约》。例如，一个基本权利宪章已经被纳入到条约之中；但除非成员国赋予其效力，它必将只会是纸上谈兵。条约提出了公平竞争，而非自由竞争。但如果各成员国不能就如何贯彻达成共识，那这些说辞又有什么意义呢？