But where the problem affects much else, and where the region is close to home, we should have a policy that consists of more than waiting to agree with whatever America decides that its policy should be, as, for example, in the Middle East. The present “no war-no peace” lull in the Middle East is not sustainable; nor is a one-state solution either possible or desirable.
我给予制定外交政策的最后方针是欧洲不是也不会成为一个超级强权或超级国家。与美国不同，我们并不四处耀武扬威。我们不需要一个针对各种问题和世界各个地方的政策。但是在问题影响范围较小的地方，在靠近欧盟的区域，我们要有自己的政策，而不是干等着去赞同美国的决定，比如中东政策。当前，中东“不战不和”的局面是不可持续的；实行以色列一国制不但不可能，也不是可取的