But that liberalisation often put the European Union into conflict with national governments, such as France and Germany, whose natural instinct was to protect industries that employed thousands of people.

• 但是自由化经常使欧盟陷入于国家政府的矛盾,正如法国和德国,这些国家本质上要保护提供了数以千计的就业岗位的企业。