MADRID – For decades, critics of the European Union have spoken about a democratic deficit. I never accepted that reproach of the EU and its institutions, but I do see a new and dangerous deficit within the Union – a trust deficit, both among governments, and among the citizens of various member countries.&#160;Indeed, if today’s euro banknotes included a motto, as dollars do, it could well be, “In Europe We Distrust.”
马德里——几十年来，欧盟的批评者一直在大谈民主赤字。我对这种对欧盟及其制度的批评向来不屑一顾，但如今，我确实看到欧盟内部存在一种新的危险赤字——信任赤字，不光存在于政府间，也存在于各成员公民间。