But a protracted and incremental process of small steps towards economic and then political reform – the sequence contemplated by the European Union – is no longer an option. The regime is past reforming, and must give way to a new democratic republic, with a new constitution.
无论是美国还是欧洲都急于避免埃及专制政府的突然崩溃。虽然符合欧盟设想中的预期顺序， 但朝着先经济后政治方向逐步改革这样长期渐进的过程已经退出了选择的行列。 埃及专制政府已经错过了改革的机会，因此必需给新民主共和国和新宪法让位。