But what is surprising is that it was the old, experienced European democracies that so blithely ignored the political dangers stemming from the potential revival of intense nationalism on the European continent, while it was the new, inexperienced democracies from Europe’s east that called for caution.
但是，令人惊讶的是，那些元老级、有经验的欧洲民主国家却无忧无虑地对起欧洲大陆上潜在的强烈民族主义复兴即将引发的政治危机视而不见，而新的毫无经验的来自欧洲东部的国家却呼吁谨慎行事。