More than three years have passed since EU leaders adopted a grandly named “global strategy” for foreign and security policy. It pulled no punches about Europe’s vulnerability to internal and external threats, observing: “We live in times of existential crisis, within and beyond the European Union.” The June 2016 document identified “strategic autonomy” as a core EU goal. It promised an integrated foreign and security policy, based on “military capabilities and antiterrorism as much as on job opportunities, inclusive societies and human rights”.
距離歐盟(EU)領導人為外交和安全政策正式通過一項名頭響亮的“全球戰略”已經過去三年多時間。這項戰略絲毫未掩飾歐洲面對內外部威脅的脆弱性,文件稱:“我們處在一個歐盟內憂外患的時代。”這份2016年6月發布的文件確認了“戰略自主”為歐盟的核心目標。它誓言將在“關注工作機會、包容性社會和人權,也同樣關注軍事能力和反恐”基礎上,采取協調一致的外交和安全政策。