Elected officials’ passivity has stoked popular mistrust, which now threatens the European project. Indeed, the crisis is beginning to erode the very foundations – the Franco-German and transatlantic partnerships – of a post-war European order that has ensured a period of peace and prosperity without precedent in the history of the continent.
欧洲对危机所采取的不作为态度已经造成了看得见的不良后果。当选官员消极行事已经引起了公众不信任，如今这种不信任已威胁到欧洲一体化前景。事实上，危机正在侵蚀欧洲一体化的基石——法德合作伙伴关系和跨大西洋合作伙伴关系。二战以来，这一秩序保证了欧洲大陆没有重蹈历史覆辙，实现了长时间的和平与繁荣。