Europe's diversity may once have been a disadvantage, a clash of cultures and languages rather than a healthy mix of skills.

欧洲的多元化曾一度成为其弊端，欧洲各国文化、语言的差异更多地表现为不可调和的冲突，而鲜见各国技术技能的健康交融。

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So what we're going through today is a period of stasis, rather than a period with any heightened sense of polarisation or any real sharp clash between definable sides.

所以，我们今天即将度过的是一个静态平衡期（a period of stasis），而不是一个两极分化意识有所提高或者可以界定的两方真正出现激烈冲突的时期。

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Those behind the merger plan will be hoping that synergy - rather than culture clash - will be the result.

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