This certainly was a step in the right direction, but it did nothing to address the foreign-policy failings that helped spark the Ukrainian crisis and continue to undermine Europe’s response – namely, the EU’s misguided Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and its muddled approach to energy. On both of these fronts, the EU’s lack of strategic vision has created the impression that Europe is repeatedly being outmaneuvered by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
这毫无疑问是防线争取的一步，但对于纠正引发乌克兰危机、制约欧洲的反应的失败外交政策——即欧洲被误导的邻国政策（Neighborhood Policy，ENP）以及混乱的能源方针——无济于事。在这两条阵线上，欧洲缺乏战略眼光，以至于给人们造成了被俄罗斯总统普京玩弄于鼓掌之间的印象。