欧盟作为贸易区域无疑取得了巨大的成功，但作为劳动力市场和货币联盟就差强人意，作为银行和财政区域则是完完全全的失败。
The EU has certainly been a great success as a trade area, but less so as an integrated labor market and currency union; and it has altogether failed as a banking and fiscal area.