Perhaps these words sound exaggerated to cynical ears. But they clearly express the changes that Europe has witnessed over the past half-century, changes for the good that all Czechs now want to secure for themselves, having been denied the fruits of European peace and prosperity for so long.
对于现任捷克共和国总理的我来说，欧洲的意义远远超过其地理范畴。它是新开端、新希望和在我们每个人身上都存在着的"更好的自我"的同义词。它表达了繁荣、进步和公正。对于愤世嫉俗的人，这些话听起来或许有些夸张。但它们清楚地表达了欧洲在过去的50多年里所见证的变化。在长期不被允许分享欧洲和平与繁荣的成果之后，捷克人现在要为自己争取这种美好的变化。