If Putin’s Party were enticing only the usual European populist demagogues, from Nigel Farage in the United Kingdom to Viktor Órban in Hungary, it would be bad enough. But when even leaders who are normally considered to be responsible statesmen, such as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, begin justifying Putin’s actions, Europe risks frittering away the very security on which its prosperity is built.
如果普京党只是引诱普通的欧洲民粹主义煽动家，如英国的法拉奇（Nigel Farage）和匈牙利的奥班（Viktor Órban），便已经够坏的了。但即使是通常被认为是负责任的政治家的领导人，如意大利总理伦齐也开始为普京的行动辩护时，欧洲有可能正在自毁作为其繁荣基础的安全。