The European Union has achieved peace precisely by learning, gradually, to replace the old logic of confrontation and conflict with that of negotiation and compromise. Despite its defects, the EU has become a laboratory of democratic innovation, in which, for the first time in centuries, an attempt is being made to settle differences not by political war and blackmail but by listening, dialogue, and a synthesis of different points of view.
欧盟之所以能实现和平，正是因为逐渐学会了用谈判和妥协取代冲突的旧逻辑。尽管有各种缺陷，但欧盟仍是民主创新的实验室，在这个实验室中，几个世纪以来首次有人尝试不通过政治战和勒索，而是通过倾听、对话和综合各种不同观点来调和分歧。