Indeed, the recent wave of EU enlargement has precious few defenders in Western Europe.

诚然，在西欧，支持最近一轮欧盟东扩者寥寥无几。

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EU enlargement is a historic event which provides opportunities and challenges to both Europe and the rest of the world.

欧盟东扩是一件历史性的大事，对欧洲乃至世界其他地区都带来了挑战和机遇。

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The process of EU enlargement has been a stabilizing factor in Europe.

欧盟扩展的进程已经成为欧洲稳定的因素。

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"When we have the next enlargement of Europe, probably to take in Croatia in 2010 or 2011, we will then need a new treaty to extend the EU to admit the newcomer, " Mr Sarkozy said.

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It says such a system of "strengthened cooperation" between particular countries, rather than one Europe moving forward at the same speed, will also "put the brakes on the enlargement of the EU to the countries of Eastern Europe".

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He said that the antidote to "renationalisation" was the enlargement of the European Union and a deepening of Europe's shared functions.

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