This disturbing decline of faith in democracy, which is not confined to Italy, brings us back to the powerful rationale underlying Europeans’ growing reliance on technocratic governance: security. From the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union, what brought Europeans closer together was not the dream of a Europe-wide, democratic polity, but, above all, their desire to be safe and secure.
这种让人忧心的民主信念衰减迫使我们重新审视欧洲各国日益依赖技术官僚的背后逻辑：安全。从二战结束至苏联解体，促使欧洲各国日益团结的动力不是扩大欧洲版图的梦想，也不是民主国家的理想，而是压倒一切的安全和防卫需要。