As the European Union prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome later this month, the EU is widely perceived to be on its knees. European integration, is felt to have, somehow met its Waterloo in 2005, when Dutch and French referendums unexpectedly torpedoed the draft EU constitution.
当欧盟准备在这个月晚些时候庆祝《罗马公约》签订50周年时，在外界看来它已是脆弱不堪了。在2005年，荷兰和法国的全民公决出人意料地使《欧盟宪法》草案遭遇决定性的破坏时，人们觉得这就是欧盟的滑铁卢。