Η ειρωνεία είναι ότι η διεύρυνση της ΕΕ το 2004 δεν υπήρξε, συνολικά, μπελάς για τα παλαιά κράτη μέλη της ΕΕ.
The irony is that the EU enlargement of 2004 has not been, on the whole, a nuisance to the old EU member states; the latter are running trade surpluses with the former communist economies and have relocated factories there so they can compete better in world markets.