It would take a good deal more than a hiccup in the EU’s delicate political process to bring integration to a standstill, let alone put it into reverse. The global pressures pushing European nations closer together are as strong as ever, so the impasse over the EU’s constitutional treaty was never going to push Europe off course for very long.
以上所述，并非偶然。在欧盟细致的政治流程中需要有一个比打击更大得多的挫折才能使一体化进程完全陷入停顿，更别说使其逆转。让欧洲国家以前所未有的姿态紧密团结的全球性压力空前巨大，因此欧盟宪法公约的僵局绝不会使欧洲长时间偏离正轨。