在要求改变政治优先事项的大规模抗议活动发生一年后，Z世代集体放弃了上周的投票。
年轻移民从摩洛哥水域大规模游往西班牙飞地休达的景象暴露了这一代人的沮丧情绪。
A year after mass protests demanding a change in political priorities, gen Z opted out of last week’s poll en masse The spectacle of young migrants swimming en masse from Moroccan waters to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta exposed the frustration felt by a generation.
摩洛哥三分之一的人口年龄在15至30岁之间，其中超过三分之一的人失业。国内机会的匮乏促使年轻人尤其是男性冒巨大风险前往欧盟。在这次尝试性迁徙中，有100多人死亡，大多数死于溺水。
One-third of the population of Morocco is aged between 15 and 30, and more than one third of that cohort is unemployed. A dearth of opportunity at home incentivises young men in particular to take huge risks to reach the European Union. More than 100 people died in that attempted exodus, most of them by drowning.
令人担忧的是，如果以摩洛哥最近的议会选举为参考，该国对这一重大代际挑战的应对措施还远未到位。在阿拉伯之春之后，摩洛哥的君主制体系引入了民主化改革。
Worryingly, an adequate domestic response to a huge generational challenge is a long way off, if Morocco’s latest parliamentary election serves as any guide. In the wake of the Arab spring, democratising reforms were introduced to Morocco’s monarchical system.
但在那个所谓的变革时刻过去十五年后，上周的投票结果显示，年轻人对政治的信任度急剧下降。
But a decade and a half after that supposedly transformative moment, last week’s poll laid bare an alarming collapse of trust in politics among the young.