We are now perilously close to the moment when “muddling through” could give way to renewed crisis. So the Bundesbank’s self-righteous zeal in asserting that its responsibilities are somehow graver – and more binding – than those of other central banks is dangerously wrong-headed.
这些都是欧元区领导人的老生常谈，但现在需要的是明确的承诺和行动的现实路线图。眼下，我们的处境非常危险，“得过且过”可能成为催生新危机的温床。因此德国央行自以为是的声明——出于个中原因它的责任要比其他央行更大，也更紧迫——大错特错了。“不”只能让欧洲离灾难更近。