2011年欧洲政治中一个突出现象是极右政党的势头上升速度很快，对欧洲政党结构和各国政策走向都产生不小影响。欧洲债务危机中欧盟行动略显迟缓，与一些成员国的国内政治状况有很大关系，也同欧盟共同解决危机的政治意愿不强有关。不过，危机中也孕育着机会，欧洲财政一体化有望获得一定的突破性进展。
In the context of the intensifying European debt crisis, the China-Europe relations continue to prosper and great results have been achieved. The implementation by China and by the EU respectively of the Twelfth Five-year Plan and the Europe 2020 strategy has provided a new opportunity for furthering China-Europe cooperation. However, the European debt crisis has cast a shadow on the bilateral relations between China and Europe, with the contradictory positions that the Europeans take towards China's assistance not only reflecting the close links between China and Europe, but that there is still much work to be done to deepen mutual trust between the two parties.
