In Austria, even liberals admit that an endless succession of social democratic and Christian democratic governments has clogged the political system’s arteries, making it difficult for smaller parties to penetrate what is seen as a bastion of political privilege. The same is true in The Netherlands, which has been governed for decades by the same middle-of-the-road parties, led by benevolent but rather paternalistic figures, whose views about “multiculturalism,” “tolerance,” and “Europe,” were, until recently, rarely challenged.
在奥地利，甚至连自由党都承认社民党和基民党政府无休止地轮流执政，已经堵塞了政治体系动脉。小党派难以穿透政治特权的堡垒。荷兰也是一样。几十年来，荷兰一直都是相同的中间道路党派执政。领导人都是好心好意而又家长式作风。直到最近，人们很少质疑这些领导人有关“多元文化”、“宽容”以及“欧洲”的观点。