For their part, America’s post-war partners in Europe, while still representing more than one-fifth of the world’s output, are obsessed with their own inadequate efforts to improve their international competitiveness and save the currency that many of them share. It is not much good looking to the European Union for self-confident and concerted political initiative on the international stage.
美国战后在欧洲的伙伴虽然仍占据世界总产值的五分之一，但却因提升国际竞争力和挽救共同货币所付出的努力不够而陷入困境无法自拔。 期待欧盟在国际舞台上采取自信和统一一致的政治行动没有多大希望。