But the Commission now proposes to put the emphasis entirely on peer pressure – naming and shaming offenders. This may encourage national policy-makers who defend the SGP’s deficit ceiling to continue to do so, but peer pressure will lose some of its effectiveness when the ultimate threat of sanctions disappears.
所有这些可能都是不切实际的，正是因为害怕《协议》规定的金融制裁，各国政府才愿意实行改革措施。但现在委员会却提议把重点完全转向伙伴国的压力－找到违反规定的国家并对其进行羞辱。这可能会激励支持《协议》赤字限额的国家继续做下去，但如果失去了制裁的最终威胁，伙伴国的压力也可能丧失一部分作用。