It was designed to avoid a repeat of such conflicts by forging "ever closer union" in Europe.

它的初衷是通过在欧洲建立“更亲密的联盟”来避免这种冲突的再次发生。

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The commission “wants to create an ever closer union,” says one person involved in the talks.

委员会“要创建一个更紧密的团体，”说的是一个人说了算。

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Eurosceptics were swift to hail the votes as a rejection of the drive towards ever-closer union that had, they said, been foisted on reluctant voters by the European elite for 50 years.

欧洲怀疑论者迅速为之喝彩，他们认为两国的否决票是对欧洲精英阶层愚弄了50年的前所未有的联盟的一次拒绝。

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And, increasingly, there is recognition that the question is not either "ever closer union" or not.

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In the spirit of ever closer union, we were even taught to sing it in Italian.

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