Meanwhile, Germany is forcing other countries to follow policies that are weakening their economies – and their democracies. When citizens repeatedly vote for a change of policy – and few policies matter more to citizens than those that affect their standard of living – but are told that these matters are determined elsewhere or that they have no choice, both democracy and faith in the European project suffer.
与此同时，德国正在强迫其他国家跟进削弱经济——以及民主的政策。如果公民一再将选票投给政策变革——并且很难找出比影响人民生活水平的政策对人民的影响更大的政策了——却被告知此事由其他国家决定，他们别无选择，那么民主和对欧洲工程的信任都将遭到打击。