But, because the outcome is unknowable, and depends on politics as much as on economics, let us leave that frightening prospect to one side and look instead at what we know about the underlying performance of the European Union economy. In short, how competitive is Europe in the summer of 2012?
但是，由于结果不可知，且取决于政治不亚于取决于经济，因此我们姑且将耸人听闻的前景放一放，看看我们究竟对欧盟经济基本表现知道多少。简言之，在2012年夏天，欧洲竞争力如何？