Even so, East Central Europeans, who are still recovering from the terrible political calamities caused by Europe’s historical demons, find the intensity of their Western counterparts’ national egoism a bit frightening. Europe’s history is full of catastrophes that were produced by the shortsightedness of national political elites.
虽然如此，那些正在从欧洲史上的恶魔们发动的可怕的政治灾难中恢复的东欧中部国家发现，他们的西方同伴国家的利己主义强烈程度已经有一点令人害怕。欧洲史上充斥着目光短浅的国家政治精英所引发的大灾难。欧洲领导人多少次地以为一切尽在掌握，结果却再一次放出了魔鬼？