At the same time, Europe seems incapable of upholding the social contract that underpinned its post-war economic boom. The continent’s most successful economy, Germany, insists that its partners follow its brand of fiscal conservatism, choking off the growth that would make painful reforms easier to implement.
与此同时，欧洲似乎已无力维持为其带来战后经济繁荣的社会契约。欧洲大陆最成功的经济体——德国坚持要伙伴国效仿其财政保守主义榜样，抑制了可以让痛苦的改革更容易实施的增长。