Next year will also mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. From that moment until the present, Europe has both endured the worst and enjoyed the best of its history. We should bear in mind the enormous symbolism of this date in order to understand how much Europe has changed – and, at the same time, to recognize the need to defend those changes.
明年还是第一次世界大战爆发100周年纪念。从那时到现在，欧洲经历了历史上最坏的时代和最好的时代。我们应该时刻铭记这个日子的诸多象征意义，从而明白欧洲到底改变了多少——与此同时也认识到捍卫这些改变的需要。