The European project, as idealistic as it was, was always a top-down endeavor. But it is another matter altogether to encourage technocrats to run countries, seemingly circumventing democratic processes, and foist upon them policies that lead to widespread public misery.
虽然相当理想化的欧洲一体化宏愿一直都是个自上而下推动的。然而鼓励技术官僚来管理国家——似乎绕过了民主程序——并将导致民众怨声载道的政策强加在这些国家身上却是另外一回事。