The UK is, has been and always will be a European country. The EU remains far and away the UK’s biggest trading partner and London is Europe’s financial capital. What happens inside its European neighbours will always be of vital interest to the UK. Yet the UK’s history has also been different from that of the rest of the continent. Guarded by the sea, it managed to prevent invasion. Seeking to exploit opportunities across the oceans, it devoted itself to keeping Europe out of the hands of a single despotic ruler. It succeeded.
英国已是一个欧洲国家，它现在是、未来也将永远是一个欧洲国家。欧盟(EU)是英国的最大贸易伙伴，双边贸易额遥遥领先于英国的其他贸易伙伴，伦敦则是欧洲的金融之都。英国的欧洲邻国发生的事，将永远关系到英国的切身利益。不过，英国的历史一直不同于欧洲其他国家的历史。有海洋作“护城河”，英国得以免遭外敌入侵。为了利用海外的机遇，英国曾致力于确保欧洲不落入某个专制统治者之手。它取得了成功。
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