The No vote sullied this image of a balanced France. Indeed, the French themselves are among the first to lament their bleak situation, inventing a new concept – “la déclinologie” – to describe this loss of self–confidence.
否决票玷污了法国的平衡形象。的确，法国人自己也最先开始哀悼这种凄凉处境，他们发明了一个新概念&#45;&#45;“la déclinologie”—来描述这种自信心的丧失。