Yet the EU’s strategy towards Ukraine has been ambiguous and obscure. The Orange Revolution’s reform drive has been slowed or even halted by domestic political and economic crises, but also by the Union’s perceived indifference to Ukraine’s fate.
乌克兰拥有4600万人口，这意味着它庞大和重要地位使得任何关于欧洲未来的愿景都无法忽视之。然而，欧盟对乌克兰的战略却一直十分暧昧和模糊。橙色革命的动力已经衰减甚至陷于停滞，这当然有国内的政治和经济危机的原因，但这在某方面也是由于欧盟对乌克兰命运的漠视所致。