Economic confidence in the eurozone has surged to its highest level since the early years of monetary union, as the bloc enjoys a surprisingly robust recovery in a year that has seen major European elections.

欧元区经济信心已经上升至这个货币联盟早期以来的最高水平，原因是欧元区在欧洲几个主要国家举行大选的这一年出现了令人意外的强劲复苏。

Germany led the European Commission’s official monthly measure which surveys confidence in sectors across the EU’s 28 member states, turning in the best performance in the eurozone. A month after Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats emerged from elections as the biggest party in parliament, the country’s economic confidence rose 2.1 points to reach a six-year high in October.

在欧盟委员会(European Commission)对欧盟28个成员国各经济部门进行信心调查后得出的官方月度指标中，德国处于领先地位，交出了整个欧元区的最佳成绩。安格拉•默克尔(Angela Merkel)的基督教民主联盟(CDU)在大选中胜出，成为议会中最大政党的一个月后，10月德国的经济信心上升2.1点，达到6年来的高点。

Confidence across the eurozone as a whole rose 0.9 points to 114.2 — its highest level since January 2001 and the 14th consecutive monthly rise. October’s uptick was driven by strength across the bloc’s major economic sectors, including industry, retail and construction.

整个欧元区的信心上升0.9点，至114.2点——这是自2001年1月以来的最高水平，而且是连续第14个月攀升。整个欧元区工业、零售和建筑等主要经济部门的强劲表现拉动了10月的信心上扬。

The figures suggest the bloc’s recovery has further to run this year with growth already accelerating at its best annual rate since the eurozone sovereign debt crisis and unemployment at its lowest in nine years.

这些数据似乎表明，欧元区的复苏今年还有进一步延续空间，目前增速已经达到自欧元区主权债务危机以来最高水平，失业率处于9年来最低水平。