欧洲绿党周四呼吁欧洲领导人支持英国可能重返欧盟,称这一想法背后出现了新的势头。
The European Greens on Thursday called on European leaders to support the UK's potential return to the EU, saying there was new momentum behind the idea.
欧洲绿党联合主席西亚兰·卡夫在一份声明中表示:“英国的位置在欧盟。我们共同的繁荣与安全有赖于此。”
“Britain’s place is in the European Union. Our shared prosperity and security rely on it,” Ciaran Cuffe, co-chair of the European Green Party, said in a statement.
他说,如果欧洲认真对待“和平、安全与自主”,欧盟就应当同时向东和向西扩展。
He said that if Europe was serious about “peace, security, and autonomy,” the EU should expand both eastward and westward.
欧洲绿党表示,欧洲各国绿党领导人已在5月达成一致,如果英国民众未来选择重返欧盟,他们愿意欢迎英国回归。
The European Greens said leaders of European Green parties agreed in May that they would be ready to welcome the UK back if British people chose to return to the EU in the future.
卡夫说,英国重新加入欧盟的可能性如今正“在英国政治的最高层面被公开讨论”。他说,这一想法已得到西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯和法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙的积极回应。
Cuffe said the possibility of Britain rejoining the EU was now being “discussed openly at the highest level of British politics.”He said the idea had been received positively by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and French President Emmanuel Macron.
他说:“我们现在希望,所有支持英国最终重返欧盟的欧洲政治家族和政府,都能同样明确地表明立场。”欧洲绿党还将英国可能重返欧盟与爱尔兰统一问题联系起来。
“We now hope that all the European political families and governments that support the UK’s eventual return to the European Union will make their position equally clear,” he said. The European Greens also linked a potential UK return to the EU with the issue of Irish unity.
卡夫说,重新加入欧盟将有助于“在爱尔兰统一的道路上更进一步”,并主张届时将不再需要“爱尔兰海边界”。他说,这将消除英国与爱尔兰之间海关检查的必要性,并意味着爱尔兰和英国的所有地区都将受到同样的欧盟贸易监管控制。
Cuffe said rejoining the EU would help “move further along the road to Irish unity,” arguing that there would be no need for an “Irish Sea Border.”He said this would eliminate the need for customs checks between the UK and Ireland and mean that all parts of Ireland and the UK would be subject to the same EU regulatory controls on trade.
欧洲绿党表示,他们是首个明确邀请英国重新加入欧盟的欧洲政治家族,这一呼吁是在2026年5月绿党领导委员会的一份宣言中提出的。
The European Greens said they were the first European political family to explicitly invite the UK to rejoin the EU, making the call in a declaration by the Green Leadership Council in May 2026.
英国首相安迪·伯纳姆周三表示,他希望在有生之年看到英国重新加入欧盟,同时强调重新加入未必是当前应当追求的选项。
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday that he wanted to see Britain rejoin the EU during his lifetime, while stressing that rejoining was not necessarily the option that should be pursued now.
在利物浦举行的年度工党大会上,伯纳姆表示,如果英国不明确自己与欧盟的关系(他称欧盟仍是英国最大的市场),就无法“为本世纪的剩余时间制定清晰的行动计划”。英国于2020年脱离欧盟,这一决定是在一场公投后作出的;在那场公投中,约52%的选民选择了脱欧。
Speaking at the annual Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Burnham said Britain could not have “the clear path we need into the rest of this century” without deciding on its future relationship with the EU, which he described as “still our largest market.”The UK left the EU in 2020, four years after a referendum in which about 52% of voters chose to leave.
伯纳姆表示,他会利用这次峰会的机会向英国民众说明现有的各种选择。“其实有多种不同的选择,我会看看我们能否就其中一种达成共识,这样就能明确我们的立场以及我们所生活的这个大陆的未来走向。”他说。
Burnham said he would use the opportunity around the summit to set out the choices available to Britain. “And there are different options, and I will see if we can find consensus around one, which will give us clarity about our position and the future of the continent that we live in,” he said.