June 12, 2008, will have to be remembered as the day that made European history. No matter what desperate rescue efforts will be undertaken, they cannot hide the fact that the European Union has left the world stage as a serious foreign policy player for at least ten years (if not for much longer).
2008年6月12日，将会作为书写欧洲历史的日子而被载入史册。无论要采取何种孤注一掷的补救措施，也无法掩盖这样一个基本事实：那就是至少在未来10年内（也许更加遥遥无期），欧盟将不再是世界舞台上一股严肃的外交力量。