The EU needs to acknowledge that it is no longer the center around which its neighbors revolve. As Stefan Lehne, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, recently put it, Europe is undergoing a Copernican revolution.
欧盟需要承认它不再是周边地区围绕着旋转的中心。正如欧洲卡耐基中心（Carnegie Europe）访问学者勒内（Stefan Lehne）最近所指出的，欧洲正在经历一场哥白尼革命。多极世界的现实是其他行动方也可以拥有吸引力和影响力。比如，中国正致力于重建古丝绸之路直达地中海港口。这条丝绸之路将亘穿巴尔干半岛。