Leur gouvernement aurait pu continuer cahin-caha en disant: «Eh bien, nous politiciens et bureaucrates allons continuer à distribuer des subventions, à augmenter les impôts et à intervenir dans l'économie», mais il a eu le courage de faire autre chose.
They could have kind of moped along and said “Oh, well, we politicians and bureaucrats are going to keep on subsidizing, raising taxes and intervening in the economy”, but they had the courage to do something different.