巴黎——几十年来，欧洲人一直乐意将大约一半的薪水交给国家。作为交换，他们可以期望在60多岁时退休，领取相对舒适的国家资助养老金。
PARIS—For decades, Europeans have been happy to surrender around half of their pay to the state. In exchange, they could expect to retire in their 60s on a relatively comfortable, state-funded pension.
不再如此。公共财政紧张和人口快速老龄化正威胁这一契约，引发整个大陆对从摇篮到坟墓福利国家未来的恐惧与愤怒，选民们长期将其视为理所当然。
No longer. Stretched public finances and a rapidly aging population are threatening this covenant, stoking fear and anger across the continent over the future of a cradle-to-grave welfare state voters had long taken for granted.