Each step, from the European Coal and Steel Community to today’s European Union, was taken with the common good in mind, and was based on shared values (democracy, human rights, and social justice) and goals (economic growth, prosperity, and the consolidation of Europe’s international prestige). In the coming year, the result – the common rules and institutions that we Europeans have painstakingly forged – will be tested like never before.
马德里——60多年来，欧洲一体化进程稳步发展。从欧洲煤钢共同体到如今的欧盟，迈出的每一步都是基于共同的利益、共同的价值观（民主、人权和社会公平）和目标（经济增长、繁荣和巩固欧洲的国际声誉）。明年，所取得的成果——我们欧洲人努力推进的共同规则和机构——将受到前所未有的考验。