The resulting economic insecurity for the working and middle classes is most acute in Europe and the eurozone, where in many countries populist parties – mainly on the far right – outperformed mainstream forces in last weekend’s European Parliament election. As in the 1930’s, when the Great Depression gave rise to authoritarian governments in Italy, Germany, and Spain, a similar trend now may be underway.
相反，对很多人来说，看到的只有长期停滞，萧条的就业和不见增长的工资。由此造成的工作和中产阶级经济不安全感在欧洲和欧元区最为尖锐，在该地区的许多国家，民粹主义政党——主要集中在极右翼——在上周的欧洲议会选举中表现胜过了主流政党。正如20世纪30年代大萧条为意大利、德国和西班牙的集权政府崛起铺平了道路，今天我们也看到了相同的趋势。