The collapse of the single market, which has done more than anything else to knit Europe together, would threaten the EU itself.

对于欧洲团结至关重要的共同市场一朝崩溃，欧盟本身也将岌岌可危。

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Their difficult partnership weaves yet another strand into the drama of the euro, adding to the uncertain future of the eu itself.

他们捉摸不定的伙伴关系，还因为欧元的介入，让欧盟的未来更加无法确定。

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The EU itself, by pushing its existing credit lines to the limit, could raise only euro 60 billion of that total, and even that needed the backing of countries outside the euro, such as Britain.

对于欧盟本身来说，就算穷尽其目前信贷的极限，能够筹集到的资金仅仅是600亿欧元，即使是这样仍需要例如英国之类的欧元区以外国家的支持。

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The EU itself was born of the catastrophe of two world wars, collisions of competing nation-states.

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Karlsruhe may conclude that, for European integration to proceed, the EU itself must first become genuinely democratic.

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Indeed, under the pressure of prolonged economic misery and desperation, democracy is arguably eroding within the EU itself.

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