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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
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2013-11-29
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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, population 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 harmonization within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonize.
Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrowing, spending and competitiveness, backed by quasi-automatic sanctions for governments that do not obey. 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 rigor; 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 harmonization: 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 globalization, and make capital benign.
To solve the euro problem, Germany proposed that______.
选项
A、EU funds for poor regions be increased
B、stricter regulations be imposed
C、only core members be involved in economic co-ordination
D、voting rights of the EU members be guaranteed.
答案
B
解析
本题信息点是To solve the euro problem,Germany proposed。在文章中查找该信息点,其出现在第四段第一句Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrowing,spending and competitiveness,backed by quasi—automatic sanctions for governments that do not obey,大意为:德国认为必须通过更严格的借贷、开支和竞争规则,约束那些不遵守规则成员国的措施来挽救欧元;第二句的These指代rules,对规则做具体说明,其包括可能冻结给贫困地区的资金、冻结欧盟大型项目资金、暂停成员国在欧盟委员会的表决权等。第三句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 rigor也表述德国的观点,大意为:德国坚持认为经济合作应该涉及全部27个成员国。将以上信息与选项比对,我们发现选项B.stricter regulations be imposed符合第四段第一句话的内容,为本题答案。其他选项中都提到了本段的相关信息,但是都不符合原文内容。
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