It has numerous valuable assets, but it cannot postpone long-overdue reforms, or else it will become increasingly irrelevant in a fiercely competitive global economy. This is the economic challenge that President François Hollande, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, and all of us in the French government must confront.
巴黎—法国正站在十字路口。它拥有数不尽的无价资产，但它经不起迟到很久的改革的进一步拖延，否则将会日益被竞争激烈的全球经济抛弃。这就是总统奥朗德、总理埃罗和我们所有法国政府官员所必须面对的经济挑战。