The UK is one of two EU countries (alongside the Czech Republic) that refused to sign this “fiscal compact,” acceptance of which is required to gain access to European bailout funds. But Britain’s government has the identical aim of reducing its current deficit of 10% of GDP to near zero in five years.
英国是两个拒绝签署这一“财政契约”的欧盟国家之一（另一个是捷克）。（只有接受这一规定，才能获得欧洲援助基金。）但英国政府自身有一个相同的目标：在五年内将其占GDP10%的经常性赤字减少到零。