欧洲能否在日益落后于主要经济竞争对手的同时，继续维持世界上最雄心勃勃的社会模式之一？对于前欧盟贸易专员、前世界贸易组织总干事帕斯卡尔·拉米而言，这一问题正处于欧洲日益加剧的经济与政治张力的核心。
Can Europe continue to sustain one of the world's most ambitious social models while falling increasingly behind its major economic competitors? For Pascal Lamy, former European Commissioner for Trade and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, this question lies at the heart of the continent's mounting economic and political tensions.
拉米透过法国当下的动荡，指出了一个更深层的欧洲困境：大陆的社会承诺与其创造维持这些承诺所需经济增长的能力之间，正出现越来越大的脱节。
Lamy looks beyond the immediate turmoil in France to identify a deeper European predicament: a widening disconnect between the continent's social commitments and its capacity to generate the economic growth needed to sustain them.