A lack of consistency has been one of the European Union’s sins in attempting to establish a value-based foreign policy. The EU sought to build a partnership of economic and political cooperation in the Mediterranean region, for example, in which financial assistance and trade liberalization would be contractually linked to progress in advancing human rights and developing democratic institutions.
缺少一致性是欧盟在尝试建立基于价值的外交政策上的一宗罪。比如，欧盟试图建立地中海地区经济和政治合作伙伴关系，其中的金融援助和贸易自由化将通过契约联系起来，以促进人权和发展民主机构。