德国选举中格哈德·施罗德领导的社民党创记录的一落千丈与它的欧洲政策没多大关系，但却与经济政策的失败和国内长期以来的低增长和高失业率密切相关。
The record slump in the vote for Gerhard Schröder's governing Social Democrats in Germany has little to do with his policy towards Europe, but a great deal to do with the perceived failure of his economic policies - and the persistence of low growth and high unemployment - at home.