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
32
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 EU is faced with so many problems that______.
选项
A、it has more or less lost faith in markets
B、even its supporters begin to feel concerned
C、some of its member countries start to abandon euro
D、it intends to deny the possibility of devaluation
答案
B
解析
根据题干中的The EU和faced将本题出处定位于首段第3句。该句提到,现在甚至是欧盟计划最乐观的支持者也说欧洲现在面临着一个“百慕大三角”,也就是债务、人口衰老和增长的放缓。由此可知,欧盟的支持者也开始关心这些问题,故答案为B)。A)“它或多或少的对市场失去信心”、C)“它的一些成员开始放弃欧元”和D)“它将否认贬值的可能性”这三项信息均未在文章中出现,故都排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/id27777K
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
A、Thebooksweretooexpensivetobuy.B、Heboughtalotofbooksoverthere.C、Thereweremanypeopleatthebooksale.D、There
IfyouliveinacityinNorthAmericaorEurope,youhaveprobablyneverthoughtmuchaboutwater.Wheneveryouneedsome,you
A、Theystaycloseduntilsummercomes.B、Theycaterchieflytotourists.C、Theyarebusyallyearround.D、Theyprovidequality
A、Soil.B、Humanpopulation.C、Forest.D、Water.B细节题.文章一开始就指出Badfarmingmethodscandamagesoil,forestsandwatersupplies.(不良的农
TheMid-summerDay.ahundred-year-oldtraditioninScandinavia,fallsonJune22ndor23rd,whenthesunwillreachitshighest
A、Hethoughtthenativesweremad.B、Hedidn’ttakeitseriously.C、Hecalledinapolicemantotalkwiththenatives.D、Hebeli
A、Theywererespondingtoanoralinterview.B、Theyweremakingoutlinesoftheiressays.C、Theywereansweringseveralhistory
Americancultureisrich,complex,andunique.ItemergedfromtheshortandrapidEuropeanconquestofanenormouslandmassspa
随机试题
不变资本和可变资本数量构成上的比例是资本的【】
各位领导、老师,先生、女士们:大家假期好!通过与师范大学教育学院领导几次沟通、研究,我们如期举办了这次教育教学理论培训活动,我代表主办方诚挚欢迎来自我们地区各所学校的名优教师前来倾听专家的讲座。希望通过我们的鼎力相助,大家抓住机遇,提高理论素养
属于降低血甘油三酯的药物为
根据《人民币银行结算账户管理办法》的规定,发生下列事由之一的,存款人应向开户银行提出撤销银行结算账户的申请()。
会计师事务所是否对除财务报表审计以外的其他业务实施项目质量控制复核,取决于()因素。
竹片:刻刀:文字
我国的民族自治区与我国的特别行政区的共同点主要表现在()。
以下概念中,属于客体概念的是()
(2003年试题,六)设函数y=y(x)在(一∞,+∞)内具有二阶导数,且y’≠0,x=x(y)是y=y(x)的反函数.(1)试将x=x(y)所满足的微分方程变换为y=y(x)满足的微分方程;(2)求变换后的微分方程满足初始条件y(0)=0,y’(0)=的
Theprizesinthegames______ofmedalsanddiplomas.
最新回复
(
0
)