The European Union, and even more so the eurozone, was constructed on the expectation that the exercise of national sovereignty would fade away over time. This was rarely made explicit; sovereignty, after all, is popular.
而这也是欧洲的不幸。欧盟建立的基础是期望国家主权的行使会随着时间的推移而逐渐消失——欧元区更是如此。这一点从未被直观表述；毕竟，主权受到民众的支持。但经济统一化缩窄了各国的动作空间，人们希望，国家行动因此将更加罕有。希腊公投也许正式宣判了这一希望死刑。