首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Will the European Union make it? The question would have sounded strange not long ago. Now even the project’s greatest cheerlead
Will the European Union make it? The question would have sounded strange not long ago. Now even the project’s greatest cheerlead
admin
2013-11-12
76
问题
Will the European Union make it? The question would have sounded strange not long ago. Now even the project’s greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a "Bermuda triangle" of debt, demographic decline and lower growth.
As well as those chronic problems, the EU faces an acute crisis in, its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency. Markets have lost faith that the euro zone’s economies, weaker or stronger, will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency, which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation.
Yet the debate about how to save Europe’s single currency from disintegration is stuck. It is stuck because the euro zone’s dominant powers, France and Germany, agree on the need for greater harmonisation within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonise.
Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrowing, spending and competitiveness, backed by quasi-automatic(半自动的)sanctions for governments that stray. These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU mega-projects, and even the suspension of a country’s voting rights in EU ministerial councils. It insists that economic co-ordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club, among whom there is a small majority for free-market liberalism and economic rigour; in the inner core alone, Germany fears, a small majority favour French interference.
A "southern" camp headed by France wants something different: "European economic government" within an inner core of euro-zone members. Translated, that means politicians intervening in monetary policy and a system of redistribution from richer to poorer members, via cheaper borrowing for governments through common Eurobonds or complete fiscal transfers. Finally, figures close to the French government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonisation: e.g., curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs.
It is too soon to write off the EU. It remains the world’s largest trading block. At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area. It is an ambitious attempt to blunt the sharpest edges of globalisation, and make capitalism kind and gentle.
The problem is that the "European social model" has become, too often, a synonym(同义词)for a very expensive way of doing things. It has also become an end in itself, with some EU leaders calling for Europe to grow purely in order to maintain its social-welfare systems. That is a pretty depressing call to arms: become more dynamic so Europe can still afford old-age pensions and unemployment benefits.
The debate over the EU’s single currency is stuck because the dominant powers
选项
A、are competing for the leading position
B、are busy handling their own crises
C、fail to reach an agreement on harmonization
D、disagree on the steps towards disintegration
答案
C
解析
根据题干中的The debate和the dominant powers将本题出处定位于第3段。首句提到,然而对于如何拯救欧洲单一货币从而避免分裂的辩论被卡住了。第2句接着说明卡住的原因:因为欧元区的主导国家法国和德国,虽然同意在欧元区内应有更进一步的协调,但是对于协调什么无法达成一致的共识。C)“无法在协调上达成一致”是对第2句的同义转述,故为答案。A)“竞争做领导”;和B)“忙于自己的危机”在文中未提到。D)“在走向分裂的步骤上有分歧”与首句中的save…from disintegration相反,故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Yd27777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Fruit,waterandinsects.B、Plantsandwater.C、Highplantsandfood.D、Plantsandfood.D短文谈到,所有的鸟都需要植物来做巢,也需要食物,人们的院子可以提供这些东
Peoplewithpanicdisorderhavefeelingsofterrorthatstrikesuddenlyandrepeatedlywithnowarning.Theycan’tpredictwhen
IfyouliveinacityinNorthAmericaorEurope,youhaveprobablyneverthoughtmuchaboutwater.Wheneveryouneedsome,you
AccordingtoBT’sfuturologist,IanPearson,theseareamongthedevelopmentsscheduledforthefirstfewdecadesofthenewmil
AccordingtoBT’sfuturologist,IanPearson,theseareamongthedevelopmentsscheduledforthefirstfewdecadesofthenewmil
A、Freeprimaryandsecondaryeducation.B、Freehealthcare.C、Freesocialservices.D、Freetourtoforeigncountries.D细节题。原文关于科
TheMid-summerDay.ahundred-year-oldtraditioninScandinavia,fallsonJune22ndor23rd,whenthesunwillreachitshighest
A、Thewhaleshark.B、Thegreatestwhiteshark.C、Thebullshark.D、Thetigershark.A细节辨认题。短文指出,鲨鱼在大小上各不相同,有的小矮子鲨鱼只有6英寸长.可以放在手掌中
Forebookdevotees,readingisawholenewexperienceDavidJ.Loehr,aplaywrightwholivesinsouthernIndiana,wastaking
Australia,officiallytheCommonwealthofAustralia,isacountryinthesouthernhemisphere.Itcomprisesthemainlandofthew
随机试题
真武汤的加减法中,若咳者,加
患者,女性,45岁,突然出现头痛、呕吐、轻度精神障碍,左下肢偏瘫,引出病理反射患者出血的部位可能在()
一项队列研究发现孕期吸烟妇女比非吸烟孕妇所生婴儿平均体重轻200g,两者差异有统计学意义(P
孙某与吴某合伙协议纠纷一案,孙某诉至A区法院,A区法院适用简易程序审理此案。关于本案的下列哪些做法是正确的?()
采用市场比较法进行拍卖底价评估时,选择的某交易案例为协议方式交易,成交价格为1000元/m2,若交易形式的情况修正系数为:协议0.5;招标0.75;拍卖1.0。根据上述材料。回答问题:若选择比较交易案例成交地价为580元/m2,对应土地使用权年期为25
某委托监理的工程,施工合同工期为20个月,土方工程量为28000m3,土方单价为18元/m3。施工合同中规定,土方工程量超出原估计工程量15%时,新的土方单价应调整为15元/m3。经监理工程师审核批准的施工进度计划如图5-3所示(时间单位:月)。其中工作A
Iwonderwhetherourlife________considerablyby2050.
从网络高层协议角度看,攻击方法可以概括为:______与非服务攻击。
请编写函数fun,该函数的功能是:统计一行字符串中单词的个数,作为函数值返回。字符串在主函数中输入,规定所有单词由小写字母组成,单词之间有若干个空格隔开,一行的开始没有空格。注意:部分源程序在文件PROG1.C中。请勿改动main函数
下列关于栈的叙述正确的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)