Further enlargement of the EU has already been put on hold in effect while the single market and currency are under the greatest strains they have experienced.

欧盟的进一步扩张实际上已经被搁置了，而单一市场和单一货币正承受着有史以来的最大压力。

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If it had a choice, France would keep the commission firmly in its place and run the show with Germany as a sort of European G2, but enlargement of the EU to 27 countries got in the way.

如果有其他选择的话，法国希望牢牢地将委员会由自己控制，并和德国组成欧洲G2共同管理，而不是让欧盟扩大到27个国家。

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An even more important difference between Ms Merkel and her predecessor is her position on EU enlargement, particularly the question of Turkish membership.

默克尔与其前任更为重要的一个不同之处在于她对欧盟扩大的立场，尤其是是否同意土耳其入盟。

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The Irish only approved the Nice treaty, which dealt with enlargement of the EU, at the second time of asking last year.

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In the past, enlargement of the EU has often been politically driven used partly to consolidate democracy in Greece, Spain and Portugal, for instance and political objectives are once again central as the EU prepares to extend eastwards.

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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".

BBC: European press review