Enlargement is now more easily politicized in individual member states, and this is especially the case where there is a groundswell of Euro-skepticism upon which to draw. The European Council, rather than the European Commission, is increasingly setting the benchmarks for delineating progress in accession talks, thus largely determining the pace at which negotiations proceed.
如今，扩张在个体成员国更容易政治化，特别是在容易被欧元怀疑派抓住把柄的国家。欧盟理事会（而不是欧盟委员会）开始越来越多地决定入盟谈判程序，从而在很大程度上决定谈判的节奏。