Some argue that the last wave of expansion, with ten new members joining overnight, has already stretched the bloc almost as far as it can currently go -- the malaise in some of the bloc's older members, they argue, signals a need for consolidation.
Unele voci argumentează că ultimul val de extindere, cu zece noi state membre care au aderat peste noapte, a întins deja resursele Uniunii la maximum -- suferinţele din unele state membre vechi ale Uniunii semnalizând nevoia de consolidare.