英国人原本不怎么愿意接受一个拥有独立军事力量的欧洲，但科索沃事件使他们意识到欧盟必须拥有这么一支力量以便迅速有效地对危机做出反应。
Originally reluctant to accept a Europe with autonomous military capacity, the United Kingdom had learned from the intervention in Kosovo that the EU must be able to respond to crises rapidly and efficiently.