米佐塔基斯：帕特农雕塑回归应纳入英国与欧盟拉近关系谈判
2026年10月6日星期二，希腊总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯在雅典表示，英国归还帕特农神庙雕塑一事，应成为未来伦敦与欧盟拉近关系讨论的一部分。他强调，这一争端不只是双边问题，而是一个欧洲问题。
希腊称，这批雕塑于1802年被时任英国驻奥斯曼帝国大使埃尔金勋爵取走；伦敦方面则坚称其取得方式合法。雕塑被大英博物馆收藏至今已超过两个世纪。多年来雅典与大英博物馆的谈判没有取得进展。
希腊提出的方案是建立文化伙伴关系：如果博物馆将雕塑送回，希腊可临时出借其他考古文物供其展出。米佐塔基斯表示，他将向英国新政府推动这一方案。希腊还将于2027年下半年担任欧盟轮值主席国，这给了雅典把议题带上欧洲议程的时机。
此案的难点在英国法律层面：1963年的一项法律限制大英博物馆出售或赠出藏品，永久归还须由英国议会介入。在法律与政治障碍之下，帕特农雕塑的归属之争预计仍将是希腊文化外交的长期议题。
Mitsotakis: Parthenon Sculptures' Return Belongs in UK-EU Talks
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Athens on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, that the return of the Parthenon sculptures by the United Kingdom would be part of any future discussion on closer ties between London and the European Union. He argued the dispute is not merely a bilateral issue, but an issue for Europe.
Greece says the sculptures were taken in 1802 by Thomas Bruce, Lord Elgin, then the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. London maintains they were legally acquired. The sculptures have been held by the British Museum for more than two centuries, and years of negotiations between Athens and the museum have yielded no progress.
Athens is proposing a cultural partnership and temporary access to other Greek archaeological artefacts if the museum were to send the sculptures back. Mitsotakis said he would promote this solution in relations with the new British government. Greece will take over the rotating presidency of the EU in the second half of 2027, giving Athens an opening to place the issue on the European agenda.
The case is complicated by British legislation: a 1963 law restricts the British Museum's ability to sell or give away objects from its collection, and permanent restitution would require Parliament's intervention. With legal and political hurdles in place, the fate of the Parthenon sculptures is set to remain a long-running theme of Greek cultural diplomacy.
图片来源：帕特农神庙雕塑（馆藏）。照片：Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net).，CC BY-SA 4.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons（At the British Museum 2024 079.jpg）
