It is not in the interest of Europe – or the world – to have a country on Europe’s periphery alienated from its neighbors, especially now, when geopolitical instability is already so evident. The neighboring Middle East is in turmoil; the West is attempting to contain a newly aggressive Russia; and China, already the world’s largest source of savings, the largest trading country, and the largest overall economy (in terms of purchasing power parity), is confronting the West with new economic and strategic realities.
让一个欧洲外围国家与其邻国脱离关系不符合欧洲——或者世界——的利益，特别是当地缘政治动荡已经显而易见之时。相邻的中东正陷入动乱；西方正在试图遏制新的侵略性的俄罗斯；而已经身为世界最大储蓄来源、最大贸易国和最大总体经济（以购买力平价衡量）的中国正在以新的经济和战略现实对抗西方。这绝不是欧盟解体的好时机。