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The future ofEurope;A declinist s case 欧洲的未来;一个衰落论者的观点 After the Fall: The End of the European Dream andthe Decline of a Continent. By Walter Laqueur. 《衰落之后》：关于欧洲梦的终结和欧洲大陆的衰落, 作者：瓦特拉克尔。 A distinguished European historian who now livesand works in America, Walter Laqueur has turnedinto a leading prophet of European decline. Hisnew book, After the Fall, stands as a summary of many pet themes: that the EuropeanUnion has a weak economy with too lavish a welfare state and little capacity for reform, ashrinking population and, worst of all, too many Muslim immigrants. 瓦特拉克尔是一位杰出的欧洲历史学家，现居于美国，他已经成为欧洲衰落的主要预言者。他的新作《衰落之后》总结了许多目前备受关注的主题：欧盟的经济陷入虚弱状态，主要原因是太慷慨的福利状况、太少的改革能力，不断缩小的人口，以及最糟糕的是，太多的穆斯林移民。 Mr Laqueur makes many telling points. The euro crisis has laid bare many of the continent s economic ills. It has confirmed theinsouciance of Mediterranean countries, in particular, over the urgent need to improve theircompetitiveness. Europe s demographic outlook is worrying, with an ageing populationdependent on a shrinking workforcea picture that gets worse as one moves eastward. Andno European country has been a shining success at assimilating immigrants, especially from Muslim countries. | 
