八十年代中期,西欧一体化过程处在持续困难和矛盾重重的发展阶段。欧洲共同体各国旷日持久的地位之争在内部引起了分裂,而且共同体还感到了来自两个帝国主义竞争中心美国和日本的经济和政治压力,这种压力迫使它加强探索西欧共同的行动路线。在经济方面,受到普遍重视的是可能使西欧垄断资本扭转科学技术进步某些方面的落后局面并获得较有利 In the mid-1980s, the process of integration in Western Europe was at a stage of sustained development and contradictions. The protracted dispute over the status of the European Community caused internal divisions and the community felt the economic and political pressure from the two imperialist centers, the United States and Japan, which forced it to step up its search for common course of action in Western Europe. On the economic front, it is generally accepted that Western European monopoly capital may reverse some aspects of progress in science and technology and obtain more favorable