The EU is thus caught between demands for more solidarity from the young in its southern members and dissatisfaction with open borders among the elderly in the north. It is tempting to try to mollify both groups by relaxing austerity and ditching the border-free Schengen area.
因此，欧盟陷入了一场拉锯：南欧成员国年轻人要求更加团结，而北欧年长者不满于边境开放。一个很有诱惑力的解决办法是放松紧缩并取消自由越境的申根区，以此两头讨好。但这根本无助于让政治氛围朝有利于欧洲的方向发展，特别是在法国和英国等国家。