At first glance, it may seem that France chose NATO at the expense of the ten-year-old European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). But that interpretation takes too pessimistic a view of ESDP’s achievements over the past decade, and is based on a flawed understanding of the relationships between NATO and the European Union.
咋一看，法国似乎是抛弃了刚实施了 10 年的欧洲防务与安全政策 （ European Security and Defense Policy ， ESPD ） 而转投北约的怀抱。但对于 该政策 在过去 10 年中所取得的成就来说，这种判断不但过于悲观，而且也是构筑在一种错误理解北约与欧盟之间关系的基础之上的。