But EU membership has always been about more than economic integration and trade flows. The prospect of a “return to Europe,” as Václav Havel once put it, provided the backing for essential, if sometimes painful, economic, social, and political reforms.
但取得欧盟成员国身份不仅仅意味着经济一体化和贸易流动。如同捷克前总统瓦茨拉夫‧哈维尔所指出的那样，“回归欧洲”的前景意味着需要进行一系列非常有必要，甚至是痛苦的经济，社会与政治改革。