Berlusconi claims that statistics are unreliable, for they conceal a much rosier reality for today’s well-off Italians. Other members of the government admit more soberly that Italy faces serious problems, but they lay the blame on factors beyond their control: a series of global economic shocks, a slow-down in continental Europe, the admission of China to the World Trade Organization, and the role of the euro.
贝鲁斯科尼宣称这些数字并不可靠，因为它们掩盖了当今富裕的意大利人的实际情况。现政府的其他成员则审慎地承认意大利确实面临严重的问题，但他们将之归结于那些超出他们控制范围的因素，也就使一系列的全球经济动荡、欧洲大陆经济不景气、中国加入世贸组织以及欧元的作用。