Today, with the EU eager to play a forceful role on the world stage, a move towards a more open system appears to be inevitable. The EU’s interlocutors in Washington, Beijing, and elsewhere already make it plain that national leaders claiming to speak for Europe lack credibility, as do EU leaders who so evidently have no convincing political mandate.
如今，欧盟急于在世界舞台扮演更为重要的角色，因此，转向更为开放的制度也就看起来不可避免了。欧盟在华盛顿、北京以及其他地方的对华们已经表明，声称代表欧洲说话的欧洲国家领导人缺乏可信度，而欧盟领导人明显没有令人信服的政治授权也是如此。