从根本上改变多数成员国任命学者和研究人员的方法，或是彻底改革资助教学和实验人员的标准是不可能的，但欧盟却可以通过建立欧洲示范大学和实验中心，使之成为各国品质和改革的催化剂，成功地逾越各国政府设置的障碍。
It is impossible to change radically the way scholars and research workers are appointed in most member states, and to revise completely the criteria for funding of faculties and laboratories. But the EU can overcome national impediments by developing exemplary universities and research centers that would be properly European, serving as an incentive to quality and reform at the national level.