The EU, he says, is “a great invention” to be preserved and revitalised. “The European heart is beating here on the Vistula and the Baltic Sea.”

他曾说欧盟是一种应当予以保留和复兴的“伟大发明”，还说“欧洲的心脏在维斯瓦河和波罗的海跳动着”。

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The tradition in the EU, he notes, is that member governments never gang up on another country and isolate them on a point that touches their fundamental interests.

他表示，欧盟的传统是，在涉及到某个国家根本利益的方面，其他国家不得联合起来孤立该国。

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The EU, he says, is "a great invention" to be preserved and revitalised.

他说道，欧盟是一个“伟大的发明”，应该加以保存并使之生气盎然。

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He said the EU demands that the Global Political Agreement that brought about the unity government be implemented are groundless."

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

But EU economic commissioner Joaquin Almunia tried to offer a bright side to the gloomy news he delivered to reporters in Brussels.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Even during the signing ceremony he emphasized that the EU should remain a union of sovereign states.

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In the EU he wants common European project bonds to finance infrastructure, a capital injection for the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a redirection of EU regional funds towards jobs.

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Not least to the EU he will have to demonstrate that he is a true democrat, unafraid of criticism, sensitive to those who are fearful of a creeping Islamist agenda, and a fence-builder with the Kurds.

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Might he recommend leaving the EU if he didn't get a good deal?

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