These changes raise serious questions for democracy. Is it still supportable that the power to decide how these vast resources are spent should reside exclusively with a highly centralised national government?

• 这些变化给民主提出了严肃的问题，决定怎样消费这些巨大财富的权力全部归属于一个高度集中的全国性政府的这种情况是否还会受到支持?