With the EU in the throes of the seemingly endless eurozone sovereign-debt crisis and facing a looming debate over its future decision-making architecture, the collapse of the EADS-BAE merger will be no more than a footnote in the history books. But it may be said to mark the point when the European Commission openly acknowledged that it has become little more than a secretariat to EU governments.
在欧盟正在承受看似无休无止的欧元区主权债务危机所带来的痛苦并且对未来决策架构的探讨已经迫在眉睫的情况下，EADS和BAE的合并失败恐怕仅仅是历史书上的一个脚注。但可以说这次合并失败标志着欧盟委员会公开承认自己已沦为欧盟各国政府的秘书处。这与某些欧洲人所担心的强力政治机构相去甚远——强力政治机构仍然是有些人所追求的目标。