Le modèle économique et social européen - basé sur l'économie sociale et de marché - peut parfaitement bien soutenir la confrontation mondiale, à condition de pouvoir se rénover en éliminant toutes les rigidités inutiles qui le fragilisent encore en partie.
The European economic and social model, which is based on the social market economy, is quite capable of dealing with world-wide competition, provided that it succeeds in evolving, eliminating all the unnecessary rigid constraints which are responsible for its continuing weakness in some areas.