1. That fact, let alone the current division between the 11 euro countries and the four, led by Britain, that have not joined, is likely to mean that the Union should become a multi-system entity, with some countries signing up to everything and others choosing only some things.
事实上,在欧洲11国与4国之间分歧潮流中,英国虽然没有参与但起着引领的作用.这似乎意味着欧盟将形成一个多级复合体:一些国家决定一切事务而其他国家仅仅拥有选择权.
2. This trend began during the Second World War, when several governments came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.