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.
英國已是一個歐洲國家，它現在是、未來也將永遠是一個歐洲國家。歐盟(EU)是英國的最大貿易伙伴，雙邊貿易額遙遙領先於英國的其他貿易伙伴，倫敦則是歐洲的金融之都。英國的歐洲鄰國發生的事，將永遠關係到英國的切身利益。不過，英國的歷史一直不同於歐洲其他國家的歷史。有海洋作「護城河」，英國得以免遭外敵入侵。爲了利用海外的機遇，英國曾致力於確保歐洲不落入某個專制統治者之手。它取得了成功。
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