There are many reasons for this political earthquake, but the biggest are the enduring misery of depressed living standards, double-digit unemployment rates, and diminished hopes for the future. Europe’s rolling crisis has shredded trust in the competence and motives of policymakers, who failed to prevent it, have so far failed to resolve it, and bailed out banks and their creditors while inflicting pain on voters (but not on themselves).
这场政治地震的原因有很多，但最大的原因是生活水平持续受到抑制、高达两位数的失业率以及对未来失去希望。欧洲的深刻危机摧毁了人们对决策者能力与动机的信任——后者既没有能够预防危机，现在也没有解决危机，还以选民的痛苦为代价援助银行及其债权人，当然他们自己并没有受到影响。