The EU will have to understand that it is not acting in a vacuum in its eastern and southern neighborhood, and that, for the sake of its own security interests, the conflicting interests of other powers there cannot simply be ignored or, worse, accepted. The EU’s enlargement policy is not merely some expensive, expendable annoyance; it is a vital component of the EU’s security and outward projection of power.
欧盟需要认识到它不是在东部和南部周边真空中行动，并且出于其自身安全利益考虑，那里的其他大国的冲突利益绝不容忽视（甚至不容接受）。欧盟的扩张政策并不只是一些昂贵、消耗性质的聒噪；而是欧盟安全和外向实力工程的关键要素。安全是有代价的。