None of the other ideas on the European table, including various kinds of “structural reform,” will provide fast growth in the short term. In September, Portugal planned to pursue a form of “internal devaluation,” by cutting payroll taxes and increasing the VAT; this has now been shelved, presumably because it is politically unworkable.
欧洲谈判桌上的其他办法，包括各种各样的“结构性改革”，均无法提供短期快速增长之路。9月，葡萄牙曾计划采取一种“内部贬值”，降低薪资税，提高增值税；但这一计划现在已被束之高阁，最主要的原因是在政治上不可行。