This move away from the internal market can be explained partly by member governments’ aversion to more EU-level legislation. Though complaints about the “bloated” acquis communitaire (the body of EU law) are often unfounded, the EU legislative process is not without its shortcomings, as recent attempts at harmonization clearly demonstrate.
之所以将注意力从内部市场转移到其他地方，部分原因在于成员国政府厌恶更多的欧盟层面立法。尽管关于欧盟现行法（acquis communitaire）“臃肿”的抱怨常常毫无道理，但欧盟立法程序也不是没有缺点，最近的协调努力就是明证。