In no small part, as the French are fond of saying, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Thus, we can safely predict ongoing difficulty throughout Europe, as the countries of the south, in particular, struggle to reduce public spending in order to align their fiscal policies with actual economic capacity.
但究竟什么能够成为2013年的主题？很大程度上正如法国人所津津乐道的那样，万变不离其宗。因此，我们可以准确地预测出欧洲仍将面临困难，特别是南欧国家为使财政政策与实际经济能力相匹配，不得不努力削减公共开支。