Nobody likes to give up national sovereignty, least of all, it seems, politicians on the left. Yet, by denying the obvious fact that the eurozone’s viability depends on substantial restraints on sovereignty, Europe’s leaders are misleading their voters, delaying the Europeanization of democratic politics, and raising the political and economic costs of the ultimate reckoning.
没人愿意放弃国家主权，左翼政客尤其如此。但是，否认欧元区之生存严重依赖于对主权的约束这一事实表明，欧洲领导人正在误导选民，民主政治的欧洲化进程将因此延迟，最终醒悟的政治和经济成本也会因此提高。