Attracting neighbors has long been a noble aspiration – and something of a European specialty. The European Union’s embrace of post-communist republics in Central Europe represented a most powerful symbol of the reach of Western liberal democracy.
四邻归慕一直以来都是欧洲的远大理想——或者说某种特质。而欧盟对中欧那些前社会主义共和国的包容也算是西方自由民主不断延伸的最有力体现。