The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says the UK has come to a moment of truth on how it will leave the bloc.

欧盟首席脱欧谈判代表米歇尔·巴尼耶表示，现在到了英国决定如何脱欧的关键时刻。

Macron says France shares similar views with China over the Ukraine situation, adding France and the European Union will uphold security autonomy and avoid being part of any bloc confrontation.

马克龙表示，法国在乌克兰局势与中国拥有很多共识，并补充表示法国和欧盟将坚持安全自主权，避免成为任何集团对抗的一部分。

At an informal summit in Prague, von der Leyen underlined the need for the bloc to have joint gas purchases from next spring when the storage is depleted.

在布拉格举行的非正式峰会，冯德莱恩强调，明春天（天然气）储气罐耗尽开始，欧盟有必要联购买天然气。

In recent weeks, the regional bloc ECOWAS has warned of the threat of civil war.

最近几周，西非国家经济共同体就内战威胁发出了警告。

The dispute escalated this week when Luxembourg's foreign minister said Hungary should be expelled from the bloc for its hardline stance on the refugee crisis, which included erecting a border fence to keep out migrants.

在难危机的，匈牙利站定强硬立场，甚至提出设立边境铁丝网以阻隔难进入其境内。而本周卢森堡外交部长针对该强硬立场而提出将匈牙利赶出欧盟之举让这场难危机的争论更加白热化。

Slowbalisation will lead to deeper links within regional blocs.

全球化放缓将导致区域集团内部更深层次的联系。

Mr. Johnson has promised that Britain will leave the bloc at the end of October, come what may.

约翰逊曾承诺英国无论如何会在10底脱欧。

Most NATO members are very enthusiastic about Sweden and Finland joining the bloc.

大多数北约成员国对瑞典和芬兰加入该集团非常热情。

Representatives of all the main political groupings argued over various issues affecting the bloc.

所有主要政治群体的代表就影响该组织的各种展开辩论。

However, the deal doesn't seem to be deterring migrants from trying to enter the bloc.

但是这项协议并未遏制住移想要进入欧盟的念头。

In the first decade, the bloc contributed over 50 percent of the global economic growth.

在成立之初的十中，这个组织贡献了全球经济增长的50%以。

There was also some good news for the currency bloc, though.

不过，欧元区也有一些好消息。

The bloc is suffering the worst recession in its history.

欧盟正在经历其史最严重的衰退。

The ruling bloc held on to their majority in Parliament.

执政阵营保住了他们在议会中的多数席位。

However, the Poroshenko bloc is positioned to fall well short of an outright majority.

但是，波罗申科阵营可能无法得到多数议席。

In June 2022, EU leaders accepted Ukraine as a candidate for membership in the bloc.

2022 6 ，欧盟领导人接受乌克兰为欧盟成员国候选国。

Britain's main demand is for the European Union to ditch the so-called Irish backstop, a guarantee that the bloc insists it needs to ensure that goods flow smoothly across the Irish border whatever happens in trade negotiations with Britain.

英国主要的诉求是欧盟放弃所谓的爱尔兰后盾，但欧盟坚持要求，无论与英国的贸易谈判结果如何，欧盟都需要确保货物能够顺利通过英爱边境。

Those foundations have been shaken by the Polish ruling. European officials say the bloc must stand by its core principles, or risk collapse. But so far, the Polish government shows little sign of changing course.

波兰的裁决动摇了这些基础。欧洲官员表示，欧元区必须坚持其核心原则，否则将面临崩溃的风险。但到目前为止，波兰政府几乎没有改变的迹象。

European Union leaders have ended weeks of wrangling over how to reduce the bloc's reliance on Russian energy by agreeing a compromised deal to immediately ban more than two-thirds of oil imports from Moscow.

欧盟领导人结束了数周以来围绕如何减少欧盟对俄罗斯能源依赖的争论，达成一项妥协协议，立即禁止从俄罗斯进口超过三分之二的石油。

With the exception of Turkey, all of the were either Soviet states or part of the Soviet bloc, and with Georgia and Ukraine aspiring to move closer to NATO, Russia is increasingly surrounded by treaty allies.

除了土耳其外, 所有国家都是苏联国家或曾属于苏联集团, 而随着格鲁吉亚及乌克兰希望向北约靠拢, 俄罗斯正越来越被条约国盟友包围。