Fundamental values are also at stake for the EU, whose members, ironically, have in some cases actively supported the US in its quest to extradite Snowden, despite being victims of America’s alleged breaches of international law. The founding idea of the EU was that relations between states should be governed by rules, not raw power.
对欧盟来说，根本价值也岌岌可危。讽刺的是，尽管身为美国受控违反国际法行为的受害者，欧盟成员国中不乏积极支持美国引渡斯诺登者。欧盟的建立思想是国与国之间的关系必须由规则而不是赤裸裸的实力决定。