Europe has long looked across the Atlantic at the US economy with a mixture of horror and awe. The EU population would not accept the health and social inequalities in America, but it wishes it could be as rich as the US. That tension was amplified in 2023 when the US economy grew 3.1 per cent in the year to the fourth quarter, dwarfing the 0.2 per cent the EU managed. As Americans revel in unexpected economic strength, France feels forced to cut back public spending and Germany frets about recession.
長期以來，歐洲一直懷著既恐懼又驚嘆的心情注視著大西洋彼岸的美國經濟。歐盟民眾不愿接受美國在健康和社會方面的不平等，但又希望自己能像美國一樣富裕。這種緊張在2023年進一步加劇，美國經濟在截至第四季度的一年中增長了3.1%，使歐盟0.2%的經濟增長率相形見絀。當美國人慶祝意外的經濟實力時，法國卻不得不削減公共開支，德國則在擔心經濟衰退。
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