LONDON – Europe’s reaction to the historic revolutions in North Africa has vacillated between exhilaration and fear. The natural instinct to celebrate and support democratization across the Mediterranean has been tempered by concerns that the crisis will spill onto European shores.
发自伦敦——欧洲对北非这场历史性变革的反应非常矛盾，自始至终都在兴奋与恐惧之间踌躇。一方面各国都本能地欢庆并支持民主在地中海沿岸推行的局面，但另一方面又被危机可能蔓延到欧洲的恐惧所困扰。