The problem is that economic and social reform are purely national responsibilities, and do not lie within the competence of the Union; if there is to be economic and social reform in France and Germany, that is a matter exclusively for French and German voters and politicians. It could only be a European matter, if the EU were a real federation.
问题是经济和社会改革纯属于国家责任，超出了欧盟所能管辖的范畴。如果法德两国要进行社会改革，那也只能是法德选民和政治家的事情。只有当欧盟成为真正的联盟，上述问题才有可能成为欧洲事务。