Moreover, Europe’s main commercial competitors have begun to recognize that pursuing short-term development policies, while ignoring long-term threats to the global economy, is both irresponsible and a strategic mistake for those who aspire to global leadership in the twenty-first century. Although Europeans have known this for decades, in the wake of the recent economic crisis, immediate goals took priority over –&#160;and often at the expense of – long-term objectives.
此外，欧洲主要商业竞争者一开始认识到追求短期发展政策而忽视全球经济受到的长期威胁既不负责，也是战略错误，不利于寻求21世纪全球领导力。尽管欧洲几十年前就已经明白了这一点，但在最近的经济危机的影响下，即期目标仍成为当务之急，而这往往是以牺牲长期目标为代价的。