The need to maintain this commitment to European unity, and overcome the economic difficulties that arise, is reinforced by new geopolitical challenges. Most notably, Russia’s perceived ambition of recapturing its Soviet-era influence is challenging the rules-based order that was established after World War II, and a surge in religious and political extremism is threatening democratic and liberal values.
那个维持欧洲联合的承诺，以及克服经济困境的需要在新的地缘政治挑战之下得到了强化。其中最引人注目的，莫过于俄罗斯重夺苏联时代影响力的野心正在挑战二战之后建立的，以规则为基础的秩序，而宗教和政治极端主义的卷土重来则威胁着民主和自由价值观。