Jeg har allerede befundet mig længe nok i denne verden til at vide, at virkeligheden var en helt anden, og at Europa også på dette tidspunkt oplevede nogle voldsomme finansielle og økonomiske kriser, og at man har haft store vanskeligheder med at styre dem.
I have been around long enough to know that the reality was very different, and it was at that time too. Europe has experienced very serious financial and economic crises, and has found it extremely difficult to overcome them.