Let us not forget that the concept of the European Coal and Steel Community, the forerunner of today's European Union, was based on the belief that a new economic and political framework was needed if future Franco-German conflict was to be avoided.
让我们不要忘记欧洲煤钢共同体，即今天的欧洲联盟的前身就是基于这样的信念：如果要避免今后的法德冲突，就需要一个新的经济和政治构架。