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
考研
Leaving the European Union would save every Dutch household 9,800 a year by 2035, claims Capital Economics, a London consultancy
Leaving the European Union would save every Dutch household 9,800 a year by 2035, claims Capital Economics, a London consultancy
admin
2018-03-01
39
问题
Leaving the European Union would save every Dutch household 9,800 a year by 2035, claims Capital Economics, a London consultancy, in a report commissioned by Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV party. Mr. Wilders calls this "the best news in years", painting a picture of a country freed from the chokehold of Brussels, mass migration and high taxes, and enjoying more trade, more jobs and a booming economy.
The report lists the benefits of departure: lower business costs because of less regulation; no more net payments to the EU; a doubling of the share of trade with emerging markets; faster economic recovery. The only cost is the transition from the euro to a new guilder, and this is "modest and manageable". The report concludes that Dutch GDP would be 10-13% higher by 2035.
This finds a receptive audience among those Dutch who are looking for scapegoats. Unemployment has doubled since 2008 and the economy is flat. A recent poll finds a majority of Dutch voters in favour of leaving the EU if that would lead to more jobs and growth. The PVV is leading in opinion polls before the European elections in May.
Yet there are problems with the Capital Economics report. The idea that the economy would miraculously recover if freed from the European Central Bank’s policies ignores the structural failings that hold it back. The assumption that having the guilder would allow a much looser monetary policy is, at best, questionable. And it defies political reality to imagine that Netherlands would enjoy virtually cost-free access to the EU’s single market, which takes 75% of Dutch exports. Norway and Switzerland both pay for the privilege and have to comply with most EU laws and regulations; the latest Swiss vote for quotas on EU migration threatens the entire relationship.
Despite its flaws, the report fires a welcome starting-gun for a debate about what is good and bad about the EU. Some 66% of the Dutch feel their "No" vote in the 2005 referendum on the EU constitution was largely ignored. If regulation costs as much as the report claims, and if the ECB’s monetary policy is too restrictive, both should be changed. Defenders of the EU also need to stress its Jess tangible benefits, such as peace, shared interests and the boost to the fight against cross-border crime.
The author’s attitude towards the Capital Economics report is ______.
选项
A、supportive
B、skeptical
C、objective
D、ambiguous
答案
B
解析
根据题干中的“Capital Economics report”定位到第四段首句:Yet there are problems with the Capital Economics report.由此可见作者对于Capital Economics Report的观点,是表示“质疑的”,下文又提到:The assumption that having the guilder would allow a much looser monetary policy is,at best,questionable.其中,questionable一词再次表明作者观点,故答案为选项B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/TNBZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Mydreamhasalwaysbeentoworksomewhereinanareabetweenfashionandpublishing.Twoyearsbeforegraduatingfromsecondary
Intherun-uptohislatestbudget,nothingseemedtobegoingGeorgeOsborne’sway.Theeconomywasslowingdown,bitingintot
BytheendoftheMiddleAgesthetechnologicalsystemscalledcitieshadlongsincebecomeacentralfeatureofWesternlife.I
BytheendoftheMiddleAgesthetechnologicalsystemscalledcitieshadlongsincebecomeacentralfeatureofWesternlife.I
Withhertinywaist,stickthinlegsandpetiteframe,theBarbiedollhasbeenaccusedofpromotinganunhealthybodyimagefor
America’sgreatlabourmarketslumpcontinuestocastitspallovertheeconomy,leavingonelonelygroupinparticularshrouded
BankruptcyratesintheU.S.havebeengrowingformorethantwodecadesdespitegenerallyrisinglevelsofpersonalincome.The
Laborisnotjustameaningfulexperience—it’salsoamarketableone.Wheninstantcakemixeswereintroduced,inthe1950s,hou
【F1】StephenHawking,whospenthiscareerdecodingtheuniverseandevenexperiencedweightlessness,isurgingthecontinuation
Aself-describedsocialistandformershopsteward,SirAlexwasanoddfitwiththecentristMr.Blair.Yethewasmuchlessim
随机试题
背景:北方某商业工程,建筑面积8000m2,由某施工总承包单位负责施工。框架结构,条形基础,地上4层,檐高18m。南侧与原有钢筋混凝土建筑物部分贴建,原有建筑物高4m,屋面局部高低跨差1.2m。外墙采用双排钢管落地式脚手架,垂直运输T具为塔吊。施
红外吸收光谱中,出现在1900~1650cm-1的最强峰是
施工总结应经项目负责人签名及加盖公章。
用人单位应妥善保存职业健康监护档案,从业人员调离用人单位时,有权索取本人职业健康监护档案的()。
中央从战略高度提出发展(),是新时期转变城乡建设方式,是提高城乡发展质量和效益的重要决策。
以下一经存入就有了专门用途,企业不能再将其用于其他方面的有( )。
债务人不能清偿到期债务,债权人可以向人民法院提出对债务人进行()的申请。
由于某类产品进口数量激增,导致国内相关企业受到严重损害。根据对外贸易法律制度的规定,下列说法正确的有()。
儿童先背诵乘法口诀,然后学习乘法计算,在计算时还要边念口诀边计算。这说明()
证明:
最新回复
(
0
)