The original Barcelona Process, launched in 1995, was an excellent scheme. Intended to provide an economic and political backdrop to peace-making through confidence-building in the Middle East, it was an admirable recognition of Europe’s historical, commercial, cultural, and political ties with its neighbors to the south of the sea which has brought us all together over the years.
1995年启动的最初的巴塞罗那进程是一个优秀的计划。它是为了在中东通过建立信任来提供调停的经济和政治背景，也是一个对欧洲与其直到地中海南部的邻居历史、商贸、文化以及政治联系的极好的承认，而就是这个海将我们这么多年连在一起。