Unlike the US, the EU’s difficulties stem not from a perceived lack of legitimacy or crude attempts at promoting democracy, but from a real lack of unity and, therefore, influence. The absence of a common denominator among EU governments’ positions has hardly been conducive to the emergence of the cogent and reliable diplomacy needed to address the Middle East’s deep problems.
与美国不同，欧盟的困难不是源于缺乏合法性或缺乏促进民主的基本的努力，而是缺乏真正的团结，因此而造成了影响力的缺失。欧盟各国政府缺乏共同立场，这种现象几乎没有可能催生解决中东的深层问题所需要的有力和可靠的外交政策。