Zaprvé, neúspěch Paktu stability a růstu EU vyvolal vážné pochybnosti, zda by se politické meze dluhů vůbec někdy dodržovaly, pokud by je nezavedl a nekontroloval přímo MMF.
For one thing, the failure of the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact has raised serious doubts as to whether political debt constraints would ever be respected, unless they are imposed and controlled by the IMF itself.