20世纪50年代，欧洲在经历了四十年战争蹂躏后，形成了欧盟的思想，成员国公民可以自由地跨国工作，同时保留政治忠诚和文化身份，这一思想同样意义深远。
In the 1950’s, after four decades of war across Europe, the idea of a European Union in which member states’ citizens could live and work freely across national borders while retaining their political allegiance and cultural identity seemed equally far-fetched.