BUDAPEST – The re-run of the Greek parliamentary election on June 17 is only the latest symptom of the most serious crisis to plague Western democracies and open societies since the 1960’s. Liberal democracies in the West today are struggling to avoid – and in doing so are exacerbating – a crisis of identity, which puts the existing social contract at risk and threatens their implosion.
布达佩斯——6月17日的希腊议会重新选举不过是自20世纪60年代以来困扰西方民主和开放社会的严重危机的最新症状而已。今天西方自由民主国家都想拼命避免一场身份危机，但结果却使这场危机愈演愈烈，最终威胁到当前的社会契约，并有可能毁灭现有的社会秩序。