Europe, too, faces challenges, and not just from the fact that it now has the worst downturn of the world’s major economic regions, with Germany’s government warning of a surreal 6% decline in GDP for 2009. The ongoing financial crisis will almost surely slow the integration of the accession countries in Central and Eastern Europe, whose young populations are the single most dynamic source of growth in Europe today.
欧洲目前也在面临着危机，作为世界经济重要的一部分，欧洲正经历着有史以来最大的衰退，德国政府甚至警告说，2009年的GDP可能下滑6%。经济危机的出现显然会减缓中欧和东欧加入欧盟的脚步。年轻的人口或许是欧洲成为世界最有活力地区的保证。