The Netherlands, in particular, has been subjected to a relentless campaign of vilification.

尤其针对荷兰，已经有很激烈的诋毁运动。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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A game of smoke and mirrors: this is how Italy’s current electoral campaign appears – both to Italians and the wider world.

一场雾里看花的游戏：这就是意大利正在进行的竞选活动给人的印象—不论是对意大利人还是对全世界。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

But the germ of such a debate exists, and it sounds very different from that which dominated the failed constitutional referendum campaign in France two years ago.

但是这一辩论的潜质依旧存在，而且，它与两年前主导法国有关欧盟宪法全民公决的竞选大相径庭。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

During the 1995 presidential campaign, the main issues were unemployment and social divisions.

在1995年的总统竞选中，主要论题是失业和社会分化。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

But the three main candidates this time around – Nicolas Sarkozy, Ségolène Royal, and François Bayrou – have given an entirely different shape to this campaign.

但这一届的三位总统候选人—尼古拉•塞尔科奇, 赛格琳•罗亚尔, 和弗朗索瓦•贝鲁—却令竞选活动呈现出全然不同的情况。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

With less than 11% of the votes in what will be the last campaign of his career, he turned into an “ageing detail of History”.

在这一其事业中最后一次竞选中，他获得不到11%的选票，成为“历史中年老的细节”。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

We all remember one phrase from the first presidential campaign by a Clinton.

我们都还记得克林顿在首次参选总统时所说的一个词语。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Ironically, the lights-out campaign also implies much greater energy inefficiency and dramatically higher levels of air pollution.

颇具讽刺意味的是，熄灯运动也隐含着更严重的能源效率低下以及高得多的空气污染水平。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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To succeed, Nicolas Sarkozy will have to turn his campaign slogan “Together everything becomes possible” into reality.

要想获得成功，萨尔科奇就要把他的竞选口号“团结一致，人定胜天”变为现实。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

If anti-corruption campaigns are to be seen as effective, they must be fair and transparent.

要想使得反腐战役看起来有效果，那么它们就必须公平透明。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

For these Europeans, Barack Obama, campaigning under the banner of “hope,” is the ideal choice to restore, as if by magic, America’s soft power.

对于这些欧洲人而言，在“希望”的旗帜下竞选的奥巴马好像是魔术般恢复美国软实力的理想人选。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011