Before the crisis, Europe looked like the most likely candidate to make a successful transition to the first equilibrium – greater political unification. Now its economic project lies in tatters while the leadership needed to rekindle political integration is nowhere to be seen.
危机爆发前，欧洲似乎是首度成功实现政治一体化平衡状态可能性最大的候选人。 现在它的经济计划被撕成了碎片，而重新开始政治一体化所需的有力领导却迟迟未能出现。