Norway's Nobel Committee handed its 2012 Peace Prize to the European Union, even as the bloc faces its most serious crisis since it emerged from the ruins of two world wars, an award that served as both endorsement and warning.
挪威的诺贝尔委员会(Nobel Committee)将2012年度诺贝尔和平奖授予了欧盟(European Union),而这个从两次世界大战的废墟上建立起来的国家联盟此时正面临它诞生以来最严重的危机,这一奖项对欧盟而言既是肯定也是警告。
The committee, whose decision Europeans both celebrated and mocked, said the prize recognized more than six decades during which the conflict-ridden continent pulled together and became a harbinger of 'peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights' at home and beyond.
挪威诺贝尔奖委员会说,把今年的诺贝尔和平奖授予欧盟是因为,在60多年的时间里,曾经冲突不断的欧洲大陆已经团结在一起,并成为在欧洲内外推动“和平与和解、民主与人权的先驱。该委员会的这一授奖决定在欧洲人中既引发了庆祝也招致了奚落。
But Thorbjørn Jagland, the committee's chairman, also stressed that Europeans should see the prize as a warning of what the 27-country bloc stands to lose if the current economic turmoil breaks its cohesion.
但挪威诺贝尔奖委员会的主席亚格兰(Thorbjorn Jagland)也强调说,欧洲人应该将此次颁出的诺贝尔和平奖视为一个警告,看看如果当前的经济动荡导致欧盟这个由27国组成的国家集团四分五裂,欧盟将会丧失些什么。
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