Europe suffers from a profound crisis of confidence. Its economy, for example, cannot recover properly because consumers, lacking confidence in the ability of their political leaders to solve the economy’s manifold economic problems (budget deficits, pensions, etc.), are saving for a rainy day they feel is just around the corner—and businessmen are reluctant to invest, because they don’t trust government to make the necessary economic reforms.
欧洲正在遭受一场旷日持久并且已经对欧洲的经济复苏形成障碍的信任危机。由于对他们政治领导人解决多方面问题的能力缺乏信心，公民们正在未雨绸缪地为这场他们相信很快会来到的危机做准备，与此同时，商人们不愿投资，因为他们不相信政府将会采取任何必要的经济改革。