Institutions, however, may be reformed if they no longer work, and this is exactly what the EU has been futilely trying to do for 20 years. After 1989, history has made EU enlargement indispensable, but, without institutional reform, a Europe of 27 member states will inevitably deliver ever worse – and, to its citizens, increasingly disappointing – results.
尽管如此，我们可以改革已经过时的制度，而这也正是欧盟已经徒劳无功地做了20年的事情。1989年后，历史已经让欧盟东扩成为必然，但是，如果没有制度改革，由27个成员国组成的欧洲不可避免地会产生更糟——而对欧盟居民来讲，也更令人失望的结果。