In country after country, extremist political parties are gaining ground. And Russian President Vladimir Putin’s incursion into Ukraine, in the EU’s backyard, has turned the common European foreign and security policy into a punch line.
伯克利—对欧洲，你很难抱以乐观。去年夏天，一场德国和希腊之间的牢笼战（cage match）险些让欧盟分崩离析。极端主义政党正在一国又一国赢得选民。俄罗斯总统普京入侵欧盟后院乌克兰则让欧洲共同外交和安全政策成了一个笑话。